Question

How do you make the whole UITableViewCell a custom image? I do it for prototyping purposes and I can’t find where to start. I basically need 3 UITableViewCells with the same image – so they all are reusable cells.

Any ideas on how to do this? Thanks.

Answer 1

I think what you want is : backgroundView property of UITableViewCell

You can do it like this :

-(void)  tableView:(UITableView*)tableView 
   willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell*)cell 
 forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath;
{
    static UIImage* bgImage = nil;
    if (bgImage == nil) {
        bgImage = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"myimage.png"] retain];
    }
    cell.backgroundView = [[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:bgImage] autorelease];
}

Or Simply Use :

((UIImageView*)cell.backgroundView).image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"customBackground"];
((UIImageView*)cell.selectedBackgroundView).image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"selectedBackground"];