set backgroundColor for UITextField within UITableViewCell

Question

How can I programatically change the backgroundColor of an UITextField that sits in a UITableViewCell?

Setting the UITextField.backgroundColor doesn't seem to work.

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I sovled it by creating my own UITextField and adding it to the UITableViewCell, but im not sure if there's a better way to do it.

Answer 2

Try do it in layoutSubviews method of this cell.

- (void)layoutSubviews {
    [super layoutSubviews];
    self.textLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
}