UISearchBar: clear background color or set background image [duplicate]

Answer 1

Set background image

    UIImageView *backgroundView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:searchBar.bounds];
    backgroundView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"xxxx.png"];
    [searchBar insertSubview:backgroundView atIndex:1]; // at index 1 but not 0
    [backgroundView release];