How to add background image on iphone Navigation b

Question

I want to add an image background to my navigation bar.

Is it right?

//set custom background image
UIImageView *backgroundView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"NavigationBackground.png"]];
[self.navigationBar insertSubview:backgroundView atIndex:0];
[backgroundView release];

Answer 1

You could also add a category that extends the UINavigationBar class and override the drawRect: method in the category.

Answer 2

Try this code in your AppDelegate Class to show image at navigation bar. It will help you alot.

[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:[[UIImage imageNamed:@"headerImg.png"] resizableImageWithCapInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0)] forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

Answer 3

The easiest way is just set the UINavigationBar layer contents.

NSString *barBgPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"mybgimage" ofType:@"png"];
[nBar.layer setContents: (id)[UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile: barBgPath].CGImage];

The downside is the buttons are not generated off the proper tint but you can set the navbar color to whatever is closest to your bg image and the tint should be taken care of.

Answer 4

When iphone 5 come we have to set both device type. So use this

if([self.navigationController.navigationBar respondsToSelector:@selector(setBackgroundImage:forBarMetrics:)] ) {
//iOS 5 new UINavigationBar custom background
[self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"navbg_ForiPhone5_Imagename.png"] forBarMetrics: UIBarMetricsDefault];
} else {
[self.navigationController.navigationBar insertSubview:[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"navbg_ForOtherIphone_Imagename.png"]] atIndex:0];
}

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Answer 5

This one working fine in iOS 6 and 7

UINavigationBar *navBar = [[self navigationController] navigationBar];
  UIImage *backgroundImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"nav-bar-background-normal"];
  [navBar setBackgroundImage:backgroundImage forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

Answer 6

in ios5 , I set the navigation bar background image(for all the navigation bar image) in AppDelegate.m:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    [application setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleBlackOpaque animated:NO];
    UIImage *navBarBackgroundImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"nav_bg"];
    [[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:navBarBackgroundImage forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
    return YES;
}