Is there any way to set a background view on a UITableViewController?
I try with the code I am using on a UIViewController, but the view comes over all the contents of the table view, and if I add the background view in the cellForRowAtIndexPath-method, it is not showing at all. Anyone done this before or have an idea on how it can be done? Here is the code I am using:
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed: @"background.jpg"];
UIImageView *backImage = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage: image];
[self.view addSubview: backImage];
[self.view sendSubviewToBack: backImage];
Thanks
Source: Tips4all
(This is basically the same as Hans Espen's solution above, but uses convenience methods for brevity)
ReplyDeletePut this in your -[UITableViewControllerSubclass viewDidLoad] method:
self.tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"BackgroundPattern.png"]];
There's no point in avoiding a couple of autoreleases in a viewDidLoad method, since it only gets called rarely (when the view actually loads) and will therefore have negligible impact on performance.
N.B. You should always use PNG images on the iPhone, not JPEG or any other format.
Actually, I got it working! :)
ReplyDeleteNSString *backgroundPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"background" ofType:@"jpg"];
UIImage *backgroundImage = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:backgroundPath];
UIColor *backgroundColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithPatternImage:backgroundImage];
self.tableView.backgroundColor = backgroundColor;
[backgroundColor release];
I know it's been a long time, but just for the record..
ReplyDeleteI Think I found a better solution using UITableView.backgroundView:
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"lisbon.png"]];
self.tableView.backgroundView = imageView;
[imageView release];
I tried with an image size of 320x480 on iPhone, and works perfect (I have tried with .jpg also).
self.parentViewController.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"yourImage.png"]];
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