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Jacques Lalancette
1,483 PointsHow do I add a tiled image to a UIImage in Swift?
I'm making an app and want to set the background to be a texture that is tiled. Is it possible to do this with an "Image View" in Swift?
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Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 PointsOddly enough, you will actually be setting the backgroundColor
property of the view you are working with:
<VIEW>.backgroundColor = UIColor(patternImage: UIImage(named: "<IMAGE-NAME>"))