Question

i am making my application universal, but i am having a small problem with resizing my background image. Here’s my code

 UIImageView *myImage = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"dubstep2.jpg"]];
[self.view addSubview:myImage];
UIScreen *screen = [UIScreen mainScreen];
[myImage setFrame:[screen applicationFrame]];
[myImage release];

I am putting this in viewDidLoad. The image resizes, but it does not resize “correctly” simply because i have a tabBar. So a portion of the view is hidden, and it leaves a small gap at the top. I need this view to shift up when it resizes. I have tried adding an image view in interface builder and assigning the image to that, and then adjusting it in IB but it still does not shift.

Answer 1

It is not entirely clear as to whether you are using a UITabBar object or UITabBarController. It is most likely to be a UITabBarController, so I shall assume that the code presented is from one of your view controllers. In such case, you shall have to do this –

UIImageView * myImage = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"dubstep2.jpg"]];
myImage.frame = self.view.bounds;
myImage.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth; // This will make sure that `myImage` is latched onto its parent view's edges.

[self.view addSubview:myImage];
[myImage release];