How to create a grey (or any color) UILabel?

[Hussein Baghdadi]

Hi,
I want to create a UILabel with grey background:

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

static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
    cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
    CGRect priorityLabelRect = CGRectMake(10, 5, 20, 30);
    UILabel *priorityLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:priorityLabelRect];
    priorityLabel.layer.cornerRadius = 5.0f;
    priorityLabel.layer.backgroundColor = [[UIColor grayColor] CGColor];
    priorityLabel.tag = kPriorityValueTag;
    [cell.contentView addSubview:priorityLabel];
    [priorityLabel release];

    CGRect meatLabelRect = CGRectMake(80, 5, 300, 30);
    UILabel *meatLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:meatLabelRect];
    meatLabel.tag = kMeatValueTag;
    [cell.contentView addSubview:meatLabel];
    [meatLabel release];

    cell.showsReorderControl = YES;
}

[self configureCell:cell atIndexPath:indexPath];

return cell;
}

But no grey area is shown around the priority.
If I add a new one, a grey area appears for less than a second around the priority but it disappears immediately. Not to mention that the priority value isn't located at the center for the grey area.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[Pratik Goswami]

Hi John,

You should set background color of UILabel rather than layer's background color of UILabel
Change this line

priorityLabel.layer.backgroundColor = [[UIColor grayColor] CGColor]; 

with this

[priorityLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor grayColor]];

Thanks
Pratik Goswami