Change Cell Background Every 5 Cells - ios

Question

Hello I want to change the color of my UITableView Cells ever 5 cells, so I would have green for cell one blue for cell two and so on. Then once I hit 5 cells, I want the colors to start over.
This is what I have so far:
if(indexPath.row % 5 == 0){
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
} else if (indexPath.row % 4 == 0) {
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
} else if (indexPath.row % 3 == 0) {
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
} else if (indexPath.row % 2 == 0) {
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
} else if(indexPath.row % 1 == 0) {
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor orangeColor];
If someone could point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it. Thank you!

Answer 1

You need to modulo against the same number, not different numbers. This should point you in the right direction:
static NSArray* rowColors;
static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
rowColors = #[[UIColor redColor], [UIColor blueColor], [UIColor greenColor], [UIColor orangeColor], [UIColor yellowColor]];
});
int rowMod = indexPath.row % rowColors.count;
UIColor* color = rowColors[rowMod];
cell.contentView.backgroundColor = color;
This approach does a few things better than your current approach:
It performs % against the same number, which is the core logic problem in what you posted
It dynamically uses rowColors.count, in case you want to add extra colors (e.g., change every 7 rows instead of every 5)
It uses an array so you don't have if/else-if/else-if/else-if getting out of control
It sets backgroundColor on cell.contentView instead of cell, which is the proper way to set a background color
The array is static and only written to once, to ensure good performance and not result in a ton of memory allocation each time you setup a cell
Hope it helps!

Answer 2

I think this is what you're looking for:
if(indexPath.row % 5 == 0)
{
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
}
else if (indexPath.row % 5 == 1)
{
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
}
else if (indexPath.row % 5 == 2)
{
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
}
else if (indexPath.row % 5 == 3)
{
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
}
else if(indexPath.row % 5 == 4)
{
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor orangeColor];
}
You want to keep the modulus divisor the same -- its the remainder that is actually going to be changing