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

There is something new in iOS 5 forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault

Here is the apple doc on that

[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:toolBarIMG forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];