Difference between background and content presentation in uitableviewcell

Question

Hi, what is the difference between content presentation and background in uitableviewcell?

As I read in apple docs, I understand that the content view property is a superview for content, but what is the background for?

Thank.

Answer 1

contentView:

The content view of the UITableViewCell is the default supervisor for the content displayed by the cell.

backgroundView:

nil (UITableViewStylePlain) non-nil UITableViewStyleGrouped). UITableViewCell .

UITableViewCell