change cell background

Question

How to change uitableview cell background image?

I write this code, it's not working. but I am sure this code some minor mistake.

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];

if (cell == nil) 
{
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
        [cell setSelectionStyle:UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone];
        [cell setBackgroundView:[UIImage imageNamed:@"selected-bg.png"]];
}

Answer 1

You need to wrap the UIImage in a UIImageView before you can set it as a backgroundView :

UIImageView *imageView = [[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"selected-bg.png"]] autorelease];
[cell setBackgroundView:imageView];

Answer 2

You are passing the incorrect parameter to setBackgroundView: function of UITableViewCell .. It expect either instance of UIView or any instance inherited from UIView .

UIImageView * myImage = [UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"selected-bg.png"]];
[cell setBackgroundView:myImage];
[myImage release];