Question

I’m created a Master Detail app on Xcode 4.x for iPad. I’ve tried adding a custom background image to the detail part of it which works fine the problem is the background image is appearing pixalated. The image is of size 2048 x 1546 (for the Retina screen on my iPad) and if I view it as a photo on the iPad it doesn’t appear pixalated so why does it when it’s being used as a background?

The code I’m using to set it is,

UIColor *background = [[UIColor alloc] initWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@”leather.png”]];
self.view.backgroundColor = background;

The only thing I could think of is because a Master Detail app has the scroll bar at the side but how would I fix that? Or what is the real cause? It appears pixalated or any orientation.

Answer 1

Add an image with the filename “[e-mail]”, otherwise UIImage won’t recognize that it’s supposed to be a high-resolution image. Alternatively, you may want to use a regular UIImageView instead of a pattern color.