iOS: UITableView add selected background and select row

Cell:

- (void)awakeFromNib

{

    UIView *selectionColor = [[UIView alloc] init];

    selectionColor.backgroundColor = [ColorHelper sickGreen];

    self.selectedBackgroundView = selectionColor;

}

ViewController containing table view:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

{

   // Set selected or not selected here. Doing it anywhere else has no result because prior to showing

   // the cell iOS sets selected to NO after that this method is called

}