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Abdelilah
Abdelilah

Reputation: 51

Add image to view (background)

I have added an image to my viewcontroller in code. Without the use of an imageview. This is how i did it:

UIImageView *backgroundImage =[[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(50,50,100,500)];
backgroundImage.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"backgroundImage"];
[self.view addSubview:backgroundImage];

There are 2 things i need a litte help with. How can i get the image to the back of the view, behind the labels, buttons etc. And how do i get the image to fit all iphone screen sizes? I hope you can help me. Much thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 571

Answers (5)

Ravi Tailor
Ravi Tailor

Reputation: 189

Simply get screen size of device by following method to make it compatible to all device.

CGRect rect = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds;

create UIImageView object of that frame size and insert at index 0 of UIView.

UIImageView *backgroundImage =[[UIImageView alloc]  initWithFrame:rect];  // This will set image fit to all iphone...

backgroundImage.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"your_image.png"];
[self.view insertSubview:backgroundImage atIndex:0];

Upvotes: 0

Tejvansh
Tejvansh

Reputation: 676

Just replace your code with this :

    UIImageView *backgroundImage = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
    backgroundImage.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"backgroundImage"];
    [self.view insertView:backgroundImage atIndex:0];

Hope this helps. Let me know it.. :)

Upvotes: 0

Sanjay Mohnani
Sanjay Mohnani

Reputation: 5967

As you asked two questions-

Question 1 : How to get the labels/ buttons other subviews visible over the image?

Answer -

Just add image before any other subview.

And there are two ways to set a background image to a UIView –

You can set your view background color to color created with UIColor’s colorWithPaternImage. You can add a UIImageView subview to your view.

colorWithPaternImage was created to use small images to create a pattern image that will be repeated. Using it with large images wont be a wise decision. So if you want to have a patterned image background with uses small images which will be repeated to fill the background, then you should use colorWithPaternImage, as it will do it quickly and wont consume much memory.

self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"background"]];

If you have a full size background image, then you should definitely use the UIImageView. Using UIImageView will save a lot of memory in this case.

UIImageView *backgroundView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"background"]];
[self.view addSubview:backgroundView];

Question 2 : How to show the image as per the device/ screen resolution?

Answer -

CGRect screenBounds = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];

Use the above screenBounds to set the frame of ImageView.

Upvotes: 2

Mahesh
Mahesh

Reputation: 996

self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"backgroundImage"]];

Upvotes: 0

Ashish Ramani
Ashish Ramani

Reputation: 1214

UIImageView *backgroundImage =[[UIImageView alloc]  initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];  // This will set image fit to all iphone...

backgroundImage.image=[UIImage imageNamed:@"your_image.png"];
[self.view addSubview:backgroundImage];

// This line will send image behind all the other controls

[backgroundImage sendSubviewToBack:self.view];

Upvotes: -1

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