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# backgroundView

The view to use as the background of the cell.

```
var backgroundView: UIView? { get set }
```

## Discussion

[`UITableViewCell`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableViewCell) adds the background view as a subview behind all other views and uses its current frame location.

A background configuration is mutually exclusive with background views, so you must use one approach or the other. Setting a non-`nil` value for this property resets [`backgroundConfiguration`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableViewCell/backgroundConfiguration-24e8e) to `nil`.

## See Also

[`contentView`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableViewCell/contentView)

The content view of the cell object.


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