UINavigationBar's drawRect is not called in iOS 5.0

Question

I\'ve overrided(placed in category, or swizzled) UINavigationBar\'s drawRect to show custom background. In iOS 5 it\'s not working. What should I do?

Answer 1

Follow this link to make your code compatible with iOS4, 5 and 6.

You just have to make in Photoshop or other software a rectangular with the size of 320x44 or 640x88 (for retina display) and import it to your project

In AppDelegate use this code (in the header between #import and @implementation AppDelegate):

@implementation UINavigationBar (CustomImage)
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
    UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"top_bar.png"];
    [image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.frame.size.width, self.frame.size.height)];
}
@end

In viewDidLoad use this code for iOS5 and iOS6:

#if defined(__IPHONE_5_0) && __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= __IPHONE_5_0
    if ([self.navigationController.navigationBar respondsToSelector:@selector( setBackgroundImage:forBarMetrics:)]){
        [self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"top_bar.png"] forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
    }
#endif