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- (UITableViewCell*)tableView:(UITableView*)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath {
  UITableViewCell *cell = nil;
  if ([indexPath isEqual:[tableView indexPathForSelectedRow]]) {
    cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"SelectedCell"];
    if (!cell) {
      cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:@"SelectedCell"] autorelease];

      // Do any one-time setup for the cell here, like creating subviews you want to add to the cell
      UIView *specialSelectedView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 20, 20)];
      specialSelectedView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
      specialSelectedView.center = CGPointMake(cell.contentView.bounds.size.width/2, cell.contentView.bounds.size.height/2);
      specialSelectedView.autoresizingMask = (UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleTopMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin);
      specialSelectedView.tag = 1;
      [cell.contentView addSubview:specialSelectedView];
      [specialSelectedView release];
    }

    // Set the cell's data here, or do anything that needs to be done every time a cell is displayed
    cell.textLabel.title = @"Selected Cell!";
    // etc...

    // If you want to access that view you created before, you can use viewWithTag:
    UIView *specialView = [cell.contentView viewWithTag:1];
    // Now you can do stuff with that view
  } else {
    cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"StandardCell"];
    if (!cell) {
      cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:@"StandardCell"] autorelease];
    }

    cell.textLabel.title = @"";
  }
  return cell;
}