Question

I’m using a UISlider in my app but I’d like to use a custom “look-and-feel” for it. I have changed the thumb to my own image but is there a way to change the bar also? I have a bar image I would like to use but can’t see how to do this.

I have found how to change the max and min image but not the bar itself.

Answer 1

You were right to use -setMinimumTrackImage:forState: and -setMaximumTrackImage:forState: methods. What you missed is that you should provide stretchable UIImage to them, the rest is taken care of automagically:

UIImage *sliderLeftTrackImage = [[UIImage imageNamed: @"SliderMin.png"] stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth: 9 topCapHeight: 0];
UIImage *sliderRightTrackImage = [[UIImage imageNamed: @"SliderMax.png"] stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth: 9 topCapHeight: 0];
[mySlider setMinimumTrackImage: sliderLeftTrackImage forState: UIControlStateNormal];
[mySlider setMaximumTrackImage: sliderRightTrackImage forState: UIControlStateNormal];

You can use the same image for both the min and max parts.