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Asked: 2026-05-24T19:15:21+00:00

I’m using a UIButton as a pressable imageView. Right now when I press the

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I’m using a UIButton as a pressable imageView. Right now when I press the button the background image is still visible but a gray, transparent layer is on top of the image. How do I change the color of this layer?

I’ve tried setting the setBackgroundImage:forState: but all that does is replace the current image with another image.

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I’m able to do this with a tableview row using the following code:

// Custom selectionStyle color
UIView *v = [[[UIView alloc] init] autorelease];
v.backgroundColor = [UIColor myBlue];
groupCell.selectedBackgroundView = v;
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  1. Editorial Team

    Apple’s approach is to expect you to provide an image that is tinted accordingly. So if you wanted to change that gray overlay to red you would need to call setBackgroundImage:forState: and supply an appropriately tinted image that would be swapped in.

    Unfortunately there is no direct access in the SDK/API that will let you change the default highlight color – just the image.

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