Reputation: 10402
I am working on an Iphone Application.
I am creating a UIView:
UIView *popupView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 250, 250)];
Then I want to use an image as a background for the view:
UIColor * bgColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"blue_bg.png"]];
popupView.backgroundColor = bgColor;
Is there a way I can make that background semi transparent? maybe set the alfa value to 0.5 or give it an opacity.
I tried to make the image transparent using photoshop but when I set it as a background it is no longer transparent.
Note that I need only the background to be transparent not the subviews
Thanks a lot for any help
Upvotes: 3
Views: 9105
Reputation: 1556
You can reduce alpha to 0.5 to make it transparent or change it as you required.
You can refer thisLINK
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 39978
There is a simple trick for this. Add a subview of same frame and change it's alpha.
UIView *popupView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 250, 250)];
UIView *bgView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:popupView.frame];
UIColor * bgColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"blue_bg.png"]];
bgView.backgroundColor = bgColor;
bgView.alpha = 0.5;
[popupView addSubview:bgView];
Upvotes: 8