I want to create a UILabel and set its background to the gradient-blue like a selected UITableViewCell. I suspect I need to use UIColor colorWithPatternImage:. If yes, I am not sure what the best way to get the pattern image is. Or, any other suggestions on how to accomplish this?
I would prefer not to create a pre-rendered background image since I need this to work on iPhone 3GS, 4 and iPad which all will require different background images.
Cool post here on customising cell appearance…
http://www.raywenderlich.com/2033/core-graphics-101-lines-rectangles-and-gradients