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

You can use the Appearance API since iOS5:

[[UIToolbar appearance] setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"navbar_bg"] forToolbarPosition:UIToolbarPositionAny barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];