UITableViewCell stretchable backgroundView - ios

Question

I have a UITableView with variable height cells. I would prefer not to have to use a background image, but rather would like to set a backgroundView with the styling that I want. Currently, I can't figure out how to dynamically change the height of my backgroundView based on the height of the cell.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 10, 300, 60)];
view.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
view.layer.cornerRadius = 2.0;
view.layer.shadowColor = [UIColor blackColor].CGColor;
view.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, 1);
view.layer.shadowRadius = 0.4;
view.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.2;
[cell.contentView addSubview:view];
[cell.contentView sendSubviewToBack:view];
}
ZSSLog *log = [self.items objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.textLabel.text = log.logText;
cell.textLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
cell.textLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-Light" size:15.0];
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor grayColor];
return cell;
}
Right now the background views just overlap since they are not being resized:
Is this possible?

Answer 1

Instead of setting the frame of your background view you might want to do something like
UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:cell.contentView.bounds];
view.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
This answer assumes you're not using auto-layout since you're setting the frame of your background view. If you're using auto-layout you don't want to be setting the frame at all and instead setting constraints on your background view.

Answer 2

Normally, you'd use the backgroundView property for this. Try setting up your background view like this:
UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:cell.bounds];
view.frame = UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(view.frame, UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 10, 0, 10));
view.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;
//...other cell config...
cell.backgroundView = view;
But if you really want to put this view inside the contentView, you can do that like:
UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:cell.contentView.bounds];
view.frame = UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(view.frame, UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 10, 0, 10));
view.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;
//...other cell config...
[cell.contentView addSubview:view];