Custom background image on UIToolbar in IOS5 SDK

Question

Downloaded IOS5 SDK yesterday, and this code which I use to set my UIToolbar\'s background to a custom image stopped working. If I set the target to IOS4.3 and below it stil

Answer 1

This is along the same line as Simone's answer, but works for iOS 5 and iOS < 5. This is what I'm using in app. You need to call [UINavigationBar setupIos5PlusNavBarImage] somewhere in your app initialization (applicationDidFinishLaunching: is a good candidate). On iOS 5+, setupIos5PlusNavBarImage will use the new UIAppearance protocol to set the background and the drawRect override will be ignored. On iOS < 5, setupIos5PlusNavBarImage will basically be a no-op and the drawRect will handle drawing the image.

Interface:

@interface UINavigationBar (CustomNavigationBar)

+ (void) setupIos5PlusNavBarImage;

- (void) drawRect: (CGRect) rect;

@end

Implementation:

@implementation UINavigationBar (CustomNavigationBar)

+ (void) setupIos5PlusNavBarImage
{
    if ([UINavigationBar respondsToSelector: @selector(appearance)])
    {
        [[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage: [UIImage imageNamed: @"menuBar.png"] forBarMetrics: UIBarMetricsDefault];
    }
}

- (void) drawRect: (CGRect) rect
{
    UIImage* img = [UIImage imageNamed: @"menuBar.png"];
    [img drawInRect: CGRectMake(0, 0, self.frame.size.width, self.frame.size.height)];
}

@end