How to customize / style a UIPopoverController

Question

I\'m working on an iPad application and I\'m using UIPopoverControllers. I\'m at the part where the app needs to be branded and styled and i\'m wondering how to change the c

Answer 1

iOS 7 introduces backgroundColor property of UIPopoverController which affects/includes the navigation background color as well as arrows of popover.

@property (nonatomic, copy) UIColor *backgroundColor NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(7_0);

Usage example:

    if ([self.popoverVC respondsToSelector:@selector(setBackgroundColor:)]) {   // Check to avoid app crash prior to iOS 7
        self.popoverVC.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];   // [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:@"..."] doesn't reflect the color on simulator but on device it works!
    }

Note - As of now (iOS 7.0.3), in some cases (like set color using colorWithPatternImage:), the simulator (and even some devices) doesn't honor the color.