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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7) Designing your App Programming a Background Image

Posted by Keith Kowalski
Keith Kowalski
9,302 Points

Stuck on UIImage code challenge...

Hello, I have used the following code, but still am having initialization errors on the code challenge check.

UIImage *background = [UIImage imageNamed:@"backgroundImg"];

UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:background];

What am I doing wrong?

2 Answers

Colin Jackson
Colin Jackson
4,829 Points
Colin Jackson
Colin Jackson
4,829 Points

Here's what worked for me:

UIImage *background = [UIImage imageNamed:@"background"];
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:background];

Looks like you're using the background image name @"backgroundImg" from the video, and I think the point of the code beginning with UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:@"background"]; is to hint that the programmer was trying to add an image named "background" straight to the UIImageView instead of initializing it with a UIImage first. Hope this helps!

Keith Kowalski
Keith Kowalski
9,302 Points
Keith Kowalski
Keith Kowalski
9,302 Points

Ah! I bet that is it. I follow along on Xcode, and I bet I got tied up using naming conventions I was getting comfortable with.

I will give this a shot. Thanks!