Controlling the Background of a UITableView

Setting an image as the background of a UITableView is possible, albeit slight convoluted. There are four steps:

1. Set the backgroundColor property of your tableView to clearColor, so that the background image is visible.
   [myTableView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
2. Create an instance of a UIImageView and set its image property to the image that you want to appear behind the table.
   UIImageView *tableBackgroundView = [[UIImageView alloc]
initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"myImage"]];
3. Set theUIImageView’sframe property so that it’s the same size as that of the tableView:
   [tableBackgroundView setFrame: myTableView.frame];
4. Update the tableView’sbackgroundImage property to point to your new UIImageView object:
   [myTableView setBackgroundView:tableBackgroundView];