Background image TableCell problem when using custom cell

[arash]

I am trying to set a background for a table (that has a custom cell).
I used this code to set the background for the table in viewdidload method:

UIImage *patternImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Background.jpg"];
[self.tableView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithPatternImageatternImage]];


I tried to made my custom cell transparent (by setting color to clearColor , and also changing the values of opaque and alpha ) no luck !

attached you can find the screen shot!

I really appreciate any help on this ,
Thanks in advance.

[exorcyze]

Did you try setting the cell.contentView background as well to opaque=NO and backgroundColor = clearColor?

[arash]

Thanks exorcyze,

I've tried

self.contentView.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
self.opaque=NO;
self.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];

in initWithFrame of my Custom Cell

and also in cellForRowAtIndexPath of my Controller
cell.contentView.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
cell.opaque=NO;
cell.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];

I've also tried to set the color of my custom cell to red through the code
self.backgroundColor=[UIColor redColor];
cell.backgroundColor=[UIColor redColor];

It didn't work (I didn't see any changes), but I was able to do the same task through the xib by setting the background color

any suggestion would be appreciated.

Regards,
Arash from toronto

[exorcyze]

I tried setting the following items in my cellForRowAtIndexPath:

cell.opaque = NO;
cell.contentView.opaque = NO;
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
cell.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

And the background of my table was showing through just fine. The only difference being I had a custom cell that had labels I created on it, so I needed to make sure those were transparent in my custom table cell view. =)

[arash]

Hi exorcyze,

Just wanted to let you know that , I finally found a way to accomplish the task
by creating everything by code without using the nib files.

Please disregard my PM.
Thanks again for your time/help.

Regards,
Arash

[exorcyze]

Glad you got it sorted! =)

[markdude]

when sometimes background of cell (using IB) does not change even when selecting color diffrent than white.
I could not solve it even when looking into xib source and I think I'll have to delete the xib and create it again.