UITableViewCell makes label’s background clear when highlighted

You need to subclass UITableViewCell and override the following two methods:

Objective-C:

- (void)setHighlighted:(BOOL)highlighted animated:(BOOL)animated
{
    UIColor *backgroundColor = self.myLabel.backgroundColor;
    [super setHighlighted:highlighted animated:animated];
    self.myLabel.backgroundColor = backgroundColor;
}

- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated
{
    UIColor *backgroundColor = self.myLabel.backgroundColor;
    [super setSelected:selected animated:animated];
    self.myLabel.backgroundColor = backgroundColor;
}

Swift

override func setSelected(_ selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
    let color = myLabel.backgroundColor
    super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
    myLabel.backgroundColor = color
}

override func setHighlighted(_ highlighted: Bool, animated: Bool) {
    let color = myLabel.backgroundColor
    super.setHighlighted(highlighted, animated: animated)
    myLabel.backgroundColor = color
}