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

To be iOS 5 compliant you can do something like this

-(void) addCustomToolbar {

    // Add Custom Toolbar
    UIImageView *img = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"customToolbar.png"]];
    img.frame = CGRectMake(-2, -20, img.frame.size.width+4, img.frame.size.height);

    // Add the tab bar controller's view to the window and display.

    if( SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO( @"5.0" ) )
       [self.tabBarController.tabBar insertSubview:img atIndex:1]; // iOS5 atIndex:1
    else
      [self.tabBarController.tabBar insertSubview:img atIndex:0]; // iOS4 atIndex:0

    self.tabBarController.tabBar.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

    // Override point for customization after application launch.
    [self.window addSubview:tabBarController.view];

}