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Asked: 2026-06-17T16:16:26+00:00

Have have created a child of UITableViewCell , MenuItem which contains functionality for my

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Have have created a child of UITableViewCell, MenuItem which contains functionality for my custom table cell. I have also created a xib-file with a custom cell and set the UITableViewCell in the xib-file to have the class MenuItem. The name of the xib-file is MenuItem as well. In my UITableViewController class I’m doing this in ViewDidLoad:

UINib *menuItems = [UINib nibWithNibName:@"MenuItem" bundle:nil];
[[self tableView] registerNib:menuItems forCellReuseIdentifier:@"MenuItem"];

But the background color used in the xib-file isn’t used in the cells the table displays. If I add a new label, it shows up, but the background color is just plain white. Does anyone know why?

EDIT: I do use [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"MenuItem"]; in cellForRowAtIndexPath.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Thanks to Sudha for links to the answer.

    It turns out you can’t set the background color in the xib-file. You have to do it in the willDisplayCell of the delegate. Read http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UITableViewCell_Class/Reference/Reference.html, outlined box close to the top.

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