Trying to override "selected" in UICollectionViewCell Swift for custom selection state

Question

I am trying to implement a custom selection style for my cells in a UICollectionView. Even though it is easily possible to do this manually in the didSelect and didDeSelect methods I would like to achieve this by manipulating the "selected" variable in UICollectionViewCell.

I have this code for it:

    override var selected: Bool {
    get {
        return super.selected
    }
    set {
        if newValue {
            self.imageView.alpha = 0.5
            println("selected")
        } else if newValue == false {
            self.imageView.alpha = 1.0
            println("deselected")
        }
    }
}

Now, when I select a cell, the cell gets highlighted but "selected" gets printed twice and the deselection does not work (even though both UICollectionView methods are implemented).

How would I go about this? Thanks!

Answer 1

And for Swift 3.0:

override var isSelected: Bool {
    didSet {
        alpha = isSelected ? 0.5 : 1.0
    }
}