Background image in a UITableView in the Root View of a Split View

Question

I have an iPad app with a SplitView. On the left (in the RootView) there's a UITableView. How to insert a background image in that UITableView?

Answer 1

It really depends how you want this background to behaive.

1. If you want background to stay without movement - put UIImageView "under" your tableview and set backgroundColor for your view with alpha 0.0
2. If you want your background to move with your table use setBackgroundColor: and colorWithPatternImage:, but it will be titled with size of cells
3. If you want your background to move with table and background will be bigger then 1 cell - follow link recommended by KennyTM