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leo kamin
5,550 PointsCannot get My app to work on the retina
I am adding a background image, when I used the attributes inspector my app would work on the retina and non retina displays but when I hard-coded it It would only work on the 3.5 inch display. Here's my code:
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"photo"];
UIImageView *bg = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithImage:image];
[self.view insertSubview:bg atIndex:0];
1 Answer
Mike Baxter
4,442 PointsAre you saying it won't work on a 4-inch display, or it won't work on any Retina device? Because they're two very different issues.
To work on a 4-inch display like the iPhone 5, you need to set a 4-inch Launch Screen image. Otherwise it restricts the app to only working on 3.5-inch devices.
Remember that all of your Retina images should be named something like "my_image@2x.png." When you use the UIImage imageNamed method, the app checks if it's a Retina device and then proceeds to look for the image with the "@2x" in the name. Otherwise it just returns the image name.
So suppose you have an image called "photo.png", you'd need a Retina version of it called "photo@2x.png" also included in your app's Main Bundle, and then your code to load it would look like this:
UIImage *myImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"photo.png"];
But that imageNamed method requires you to have "photo" stored in the app's Main Bundle (which happens when you just drag a photo into Xcode and check off the box to add it to the bundle). Maybe it's not working because it's not included?
leo kamin
5,550 Pointsleo kamin
5,550 PointsIt is just no working on the 4in the problem is with the different sized screens how would I load an image for the 4 inch display?
Mike Baxter
4,442 PointsMike Baxter
4,442 PointsHere's a tutorial that includes information on how to do this; you'll have to go down to the section that says "Setup Up App."
It's a lot easier to reference that tutorial (because it has images) than to try to describe it on the forum here.
Mike Baxter
4,442 PointsMike Baxter
4,442 PointsYou basically drag and drop a 4-inch Launch Image into that "Launch Image" spot you see in Xcode.
leo kamin
5,550 Pointsleo kamin
5,550 PointsI am trying to make a background image as opposed to a launch image.Mike Baxter
4,442 PointsMike Baxter
4,442 Pointsleo kamin , you still have to have the Launch Image, or else your app will only load at 3.5-inch display and leave horrible black bars at the top and bottom. Basically, the Launch Image tells the app what size to make the display at the time of launch, before you ever get to the question of making a background image for a particular display. So you have to have both the Launch Image and the particular background image to properly do what you want.