There's a few things that could be done better with this code. Reinitialising two views in the setSelected method is pretty inefficient. You're actually blanking out everything in the cell when you select it with this code (which I'm guessing is not what you want). And finally, you're treating selectedBackgroundView as if it's the only view that gets displayed when you select the cell (according to Apple's documentation, it is displayed over the backgroundView).
Try the following (Edited) -
Put this code where you create the cell (presumably, cellForRowAtIndexPath:)
UIView* container = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, cell.backgroundView.bounds.size.width, cell.backgroundView.bounds.size.height)]; // we need this because in cells, the background views always take up the maximum width, regardless of their frames.
container.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0 green:0 blue:0 alpha:0]; // make it transparent - we only want the square subview to be seen.
UIView *selectedViewColor = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 10, self.selectedBackgroundView.bounds.size.height)];
[selectedViewColor setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];
[container addSubview:selectedViewColor]
cell.selectedBackgroundView = container;
This will make your red square appear when (and only when) the cell is selected, over the other views in the cell. From Apple's docs:
UITableViewCell adds the value of this property as a subview only when the cell is selected. It adds the selected background view as a subview directly above the background view (backgroundView) if it is not nil, or behind all other views.
Second, use the following code in your cell:
- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated
{
[super setSelected:selected animated:animated];
if(selected == YES)
{
self.backgroundView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
}
else
{
self.backgroundView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0 green:0 blue:0 alpha:0] // replace this with whatever's appropriate - a return to the unselected state.
}
}
This will ensure that your background turns black when the cell is selected (without otherwise interfering with what's displayed. Hopefully these changes should also resolve the issue you're having.