UITableView background black and empty cells black on iOS 8

I'm having this issue as well

What language and deployment target are you using ?

We are seeing the same issues with iOS9 SDK, Xcode 7b3, Swift 2 and a deployment target of 8.0. Same app works correctly when deployed to an iOS9 device, and in the iOS9 simulator

Same for me. When deployed to a iOS 9 simulator, or iOS 9 device, it works fine, but when deployed to an iOS 8.4 device, it has the black cells.

iOS 9 SDK, Xcode 7b3, Swift 2, deployment target iOS 8.0, device iPhone 5S iOS 8.4 - UITableView presented in UIPopoverPresentationController has black background.

iPad 4 on iOS 8.4 doesn't have this problem.

Setting tableView.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor() fixes issue, but that's only temporary workaround in my opinion

Have you filed this on rdar yet?

Had the same issue in beta 3, just checked this in Xcode 7 beta 4 and it seems to be fixed.

Yeah, it's fixed in Beta 4 if you wanted it to be white. If you had the background set to any other color besides white in the storyboard, it ignores it and makes it white. We had a dark theme with a dark grey background and white text, and now it's all white. If anyone else has this problem, the workaround is to set it in code in addition to the storyboard.

I have the same issue within my universal app - It works for iPhone but not for iPad. All my dark tableviewcell are white in the iPad Simulator. Even with a my code approach it wasn't possible:

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
 
    var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell") as! UITableViewCell!
 
    / Styling TableCells */
    let colorView = UIView()
    colorView.backgroundColor = UIColor.colorGrayTB()
    cell.backgroundView = colorView
    let selColorView = UIView()
    selColorView.backgroundColor = UIColor.colorGrayTB()
    cell.selectedBackgroundView = selColorView
    / ------------------ */
        
    cell.textLabel!.text  = tableData[indexPath.row]
    cell.textLabel?.textColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
    cell.textLabel?.font = UIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue-Light", size:
 
    return cell
 }

I am using XCode 6.4 and iOS 8.4 - How are you implementing the coloring in code?

Hi everyone! There is a Dark Mode enable in Simulator or device you are using as a developer.

I have solved it by following:

override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
         
        // change to Light Mode:
        overrideUserInterfaceStyle = .light 

        
    }

If you have still part of background other color, you can add the line below:

// change background of tableView
tableView.backgroundColor = .white // set a color you need

Good luck and see you here!