Custom UITabBar background image not working in iOS 5 and later

Question

I have a simple piece of code that places a background image on the tabBar.

UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@         


        

Answer 1

//---- For providing background image to tabbar

UITabBar *tabBar = [tabBarController tabBar];
if ([tabBar respondsToSelector:@selector(setBackgroundImage:)])
{
    // ios 5 code here
    [tabBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"PB_MD_footer_navBg_v2.png"]];

}
else
{
    // ios 4 code here

    CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 480, 49);
    UIView *tabbg_view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
    UIImage *tabbag_image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"PB_MD_footer_navBg_v2.png"];
    UIColor *tabbg_color = [[UIColor alloc] initWithPatternImage:tabbag_image];
    tabbg_view.backgroundColor = tabbg_color;
    [tabBar insertSubview:tabbg_view atIndex:0];

}