Globally set background color of buttons, except accessory buttons in UITableView

Question

I am using the below code to make all my buttons in an application the same color. However the accessory icon in the UITTableView row also has it. Is there a way to ignore it in the table view?

[[UIButton appearance] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor purpleColor]];

Answer 1

A UIView conforms to the UIAppearanceContainer protocol.

So you should use appearanceWhenContainedIn: to distinct buttons depending on where they are contained in.

[[UIButton appearance] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor purpleColor]];    
[[UIButton appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UITableView class], nil] setBackgroundColor:nil];

It would be best to use the UITableViewCell subclass instead of the table view.

Answer 2

You can use the

[[UIButton appearanceWhenContainedIn: [UITableView class]] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor differentColor]];