Question

I have a table view with a list of items. When I click on one of those items I want the background to be highlighted. I have that code working but the colour changes on release, not on the click itself. How can I highlight when the user taps on the cell and not when he/she releases it?

Here is my code:

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
    // Navigation logic may go here. Create and push another view controller.

    Help_Cell *cell =(Help_Cell*) [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];

    cell.selectionStyle=UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;

    UIView *v=[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:cell.frame];

    v.backgroundColor=[self colorForHex:[appDel.appColorSettings objectForKey:@"cellColor2"]];

    cell.backgroundView=v;

    cell.title.textColor=[self colorForHex:[appDel.appColorSettings objectForKey:@"cellColor1"]];
}

I want it to happen like a button. Is there an onClick method for a UITableView or a UITableViewCell besides didSelectRowAtIndexPath?

EDIT

Here is my code from cellForRowAtIndexPath

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{

    Help_Cell *cell =(Help_Cell*) [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];

    cell.selectionStyle=UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;

    UIView *v=[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:cell.frame];

    v.backgroundColor=[self colorForHex:[appDel.appColorSettings objectForKey:@"cellColor2"]];

    cell.selectedBackgroundView=v;

}

Answer 1

At the time of creating cell, in cellForRowAtIndexPath, write below code:

UIView *v=[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:cell.frame];
v.backgroundColor = [self colorForHex:[appDel.appColorSettings objectForKey:@"cellColor2"]];
    cell.selectedBackgroundView = v;

No need to write anything in didSelectRow method.