Tiled Background Image: Can I do that easily with UIImageView?

Question

I have a fullscreen background image that is tiled, i.e. it has to be reproduced a few times horizontally and vertically in order to make a big one. Like in the browsers on

Answer 1

To get alpha to work with pattern image, make sure you have the following set:

view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:aImage];
view.layer.opaque = NO;