Table cell image background not showing

Question

I'm using the code below in my view controller but the background image is not showing. Any idea what could be the issue?

(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
   cell.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"cell-background.png"]];
   /* I also tried: cell.backgroundView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"cell-background.png"]]; */
}

Thx for helping,

Stephane

Answer 1

Shooting in the dark, but have you tried

 cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"cell-bacground.png"]];

or perhaps you misspelled background in the image path? ;-)

Answer 2

UIImageView *theImageView=[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"someImage.png"]; [theImageView setFrame:SomeRect]; [[cell contentView] setBackgroundView:theImageView]; [theImageView release];

That will work.