UITableViewCell selected row's text color change - ios

Question

I am having a tableview and I want to know that how can I change the selected row's text color, say to Red ? I tried by this code :
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell= [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero reuseIdentifier:nil] autorelease];
cell.text = [localArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
cityName = [localArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
UITableViewCell* theCell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
theCell.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
//theCell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO];
}
(1) When I select any row then text color changed to the red but when I select another then previously selected row's text remains red. how can I solve this ?
(2) When I scroll the table text color change to the black color how to solve this ?
Thanks..

Answer 1

Do this in tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath::
cell.textLabel.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor redColor];
(And don't use cell.text = ... anymore. It has been deprecated for almost 2 years now. Use cell.textLabel.text = ... instead.)
As Raphael Oliveira mentioned in the comments, if the selectionStyle of your cell equals UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone this won't work. Check Storyboard as well for the selection style.

Answer 2

If you want to change the text colour only, with out changing cell background colour. you can use this.Write this code in in cellForRowAtIndexPath method
UIView *selectionColor = [[UIView alloc] init];
selectionColor.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
cell.selectedBackgroundView = selectionColor;
cell.textLabel.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor redColor];

Answer 3

I had the same problem, try this!
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
for (id object in cell.superview.subviews) {
if ([object isKindOfClass:[UITableViewCell class]]) {
UITableViewCell *cellNotSelected = (UITableViewCell*)object;
cellNotSelected.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
}
}
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO];
}
That may be the solution to your (and mine) problem.

Answer 4

If you're already subclassing UITableViewCell, it's easier/cleaner to set the colors in the awakeFromNib method (assuming you're instantiating from a storyboard or xib).
#implementation MySubclassTableViewCell
- (void)awakeFromNib {
[super awakeFromNib];
self.selectedBackgroundView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.frame];
self.selectedBackgroundView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.1 green:0.308 blue:0.173 alpha:0.6];
self.customLabel.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
}
#end