试试下面的代码。

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

    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:[cellIdArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] forIndexPath:indexPath];

    // Configure the cell...
    cell.backgroundView =
    [[UIImageView alloc] init] ;
    cell.selectedBackgroundView =[[UIImageView alloc] init];

    UIImage *rowBackground;
    UIImage *selectionBackground;


    rowBackground = [UIImage imageNamed:@"cellBackgroundDarkGrey.png"];
    selectionBackground = [UIImage imageNamed:@"selectedMenu.png"];

    ((UIImageView *)cell.backgroundView).image = rowBackground;
    ((UIImageView *)cell.selectedBackgroundView).image = selectionBackground;



    return cell;
}

/ /快速版:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {


        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell")! as UITableViewCell


        cell.selectedBackgroundView = UIImageView()
        cell.backgroundView=UIImageView()

        let selectedBackground : UIImageView = cell.selectedBackgroundView as! UIImageView
        selectedBackground.image = UIImage.init(named:"selected.png");

        let backGround : UIImageView = cell.backgroundView as! UIImageView
        backGround.image = UIImage.init(named:"defaultimage.png");

        return cell


    } 

我认为你在正确的轨道上，但根据selectedBackgroundView的类定义:

对于普通样式表(UITableViewStylePlain)中的单元格，默认为nil，对于section-group表(UITableViewStyleGrouped)中的单元格，默认为非nil。

因此，如果你使用的是普通样式的表，那么你需要alloc-init一个新的UIView，有你想要的背景颜色，然后分配给selectedBackgroundView。

或者，如果你想要的是灰色背景当单元格被选中时，你可以使用这个:

cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray;

我使用下面的方法，对我来说很好，

class MyTableViewCell : UITableViewCell {

                var defaultStateColor:UIColor?
                var hitStateColor:UIColor?

                 override func awakeFromNib(){
                     super.awakeFromNib()
                     self.selectionStyle = .None
                 }

// if you are overriding init you should set selectionStyle = .None

                override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {
                    if let hitColor = hitStateColor {
                        self.contentView.backgroundColor = hitColor
                    }
                }

                override func touchesEnded(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {
                    if let defaultColor = defaultStateColor {
                        self.contentView.backgroundColor = defaultColor
                    }
                }

                override func touchesCancelled(touches: Set<UITouch>?, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {
                    if let defaultColor = defaultStateColor {
                        self.contentView.backgroundColor = defaultColor
                    }
                }
            }

覆盖UITableViewCell的setSelected也可以。

override func setSelected(selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
    super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)

    // Set background color
    let view = UIView()
    view.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
    selectedBackgroundView = view
}

如果你正在使用一个自定义的TableViewCell，你也可以覆盖awakeFromNib:

override func awakeFromNib() {
    super.awakeFromNib()

    // Set background color
    let view = UIView()
    view.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
    selectedBackgroundView = view
}

使用[cell setClipsToBounds:YES];对于分组样式单元格