iPhone - Setting background on UITableViewController

Question

Is there any way to set a background view on a UITableViewController?

I try with the code I am using on a UIViewController, but the view comes over all

Answer 1

In C# for a static UITableViewController with sections you can use:

using System;
using Foundation;
using UIKit;
using CoreGraphics;
using CoreAnimation;

namespace MyNamespace
{
    public class CustomTableViewController : UITableViewController
    {
        public override void ViewDidLoad()
        {
            base.ViewDidLoad();

            SetGradientBackgound();
        }

        private void SetGradientBackgound()
        {
            CGColor[] colors = new CGColor[] {
                UIColor.Purple.CGColor,
                UIColor.Red.CGColor,
            };

            CAGradientLayer gradientLayer = new CAGradientLayer();
            gradientLayer.Frame = this.View.Bounds;
            gradientLayer.Colors = colors;
            gradientLayer.StartPoint = new CGPoint(0.0, 0.0);
            gradientLayer.EndPoint = new CGPoint(1.0, 1.0);

            UIView bgView = new UIView()
            {
                Frame = this.View.Frame
            };
            bgView.Layer.InsertSublayer(gradientLayer, 0);

            UITableView view = (UITableView)this.View;
            view.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Clear;
            view.BackgroundView = bgView;
        }

        // Setting cells background transparent
        public override UITableViewCell GetCell(UITableView tableView, NSIndexPath indexPath)
        {
            var cell = base.GetCell(tableView, indexPath);
            cell.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Clear;
            return cell;
        }

        // Setting sections background transparent
        public override void WillDisplayHeaderView(UITableView tableView, UIView headerView, nint section)
        {
            if (headerView.GetType() == typeof(UITableViewHeaderFooterView))
            {
                UITableViewHeaderFooterView hView = (UITableViewHeaderFooterView)headerView;
                hView.ContentView.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Clear;
                hView.BackgroundView.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Clear;
            }
        }

    }
}

The result can be something like this: