Can I give a UIToolBar a custom background in my iPhone app?

Question

Is it possible to give a UIToolBar a custom background from an image rather than the usual tinted blue/black fade out?

I\'ve tried giving the view a background and s

Answer 1

This is the approach I use for iOS 4 and 5 compatibility:

if ([toolbar respondsToSelector:@selector(setBackgroundImage:forToolbarPosition:barMetrics:)]) {
    [toolbar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"toolbar-background"] forToolbarPosition:UIToolbarPositionAny barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
} else {
    [toolbar insertSubview:[[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"toolbar-background"]] autorelease] atIndex:0];
}