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PORemoving text shadow in UITableViewCell when it's selected
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    copied!<p>I've added a text shadow to cells in my UITableView to give them an etched look:</p> <pre><code>cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0.2 alpha:1.000]; cell.textLabel.shadowColor = [UIColor whiteColor]; cell.textLabel.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, 1); </code></pre> <p>Since the shadow color is actually white, when a row gets selected and becomes blue, the white shadow becomes really visible and makes the text look ugly.</p> <p>Does anyone know how I can remove the shadow before the default cell selection style gets applied?</p> <p>I have tried:</p> <ol> <li>Using <code>-tableView:willSelectRowAtIndexPath:</code> to unset the shadow with <code>cell.textLabel.shadowColor = nil</code> but this doesn't work in time - the shadow gets unset only after the blue select style is applied.</li> <li>Checking <code>cell.selected</code> in <code>tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath:</code> before setting the shadow but this obviously doesn't work since the cell is not redrawn after a selection.</li> </ol> <p>I also tried overriding the <code>-tableView:willDisplayCell:forRowAtIndexPath:</code> delegate method as Kevin suggested below. From logging statements I put in, this delegate method is only called just before a cell is drawn - by the time a cell is touched, it is already too late. This is the code I used</p> <pre><code>(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { NSLog(@"in willDisplayCell"); if (cell.highlighted || cell.selected) { NSLog(@"drawing highlighed or selected cell"); cell.textLabel.shadowColor = nil; } else { cell.textLabel.shadowColor = [UIColor whiteColor]; } } </code></pre>
 

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