iPhone - Setting background on UITableViewController

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Hans Espen picture Hans Espen · May 22, 2009 · Viewed 52.3k times · Source

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. If I add the background view in the cellForRowAtIndexPath-method, it is not showing at all. Has 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];

Answer

Frade picture Frade · Feb 29, 2012

I know it's been a long time, but just for the record.. I 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).

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