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Posted by Antoine Streiff
Antoine Streiff
4,649 Points

Fixed Background image in a TableView ?

Hey guys !

My first question as a Swift nOOb !

I'm trying to set up a fixed image as a background for my Table View. So far, the best option has been to include this in my ViewDidLoad :

    let uluru = UIImage(named: "Uluru")
    self.view.backgroundColor = UIColor(patternImage: uluru!)

Not so great, right?

Especially because when you're scrolling, the image is tiled. Meaning, it's repeating itself. Does anyone has a solution via the IB or directly into the code to make it fixed ? Something like <body style="background-attachment:fixed;"> in CSS ?

Thank you all!

Antoine Streiff
Antoine Streiff
4,649 Points

I also try the superview way : 

override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) {

    let uluru = UIImage(named: "Uluru")

    let uluruView = UIImageView(image: uluru)

    self.view.superview!.insertSubview(uluruView, belowSubview:self.view)
}

Nothing appears!

3 Answers

Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points
Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points

Hey Antoine Streiff,

You can set the backgroundView property of your tableView to a UIImageView. 

tableView.backgroundView = UIImageView(image: UIImage(named: "yourImageName"))

Hope this is what you were looking for. Good Luck

Antoine Streiff
Antoine Streiff
4,649 Points
Antoine Streiff
Antoine Streiff
4,649 Points

Thanks! But where do you put that line? In a func?

Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points

You put it in your viewDidAppear or viewDidLoad

Antoine Streiff
Antoine Streiff
4,649 Points
Antoine Streiff
Antoine Streiff
4,649 Points

Thanks!