iOS Table view cells with transparent background

Question

is it possible to make a table look like messages on iPhone. So that maybe each message is a table section with an image of a bubble and on top of that bubble is a label with the message text. Can a table cell be entirely transparent so that only the bubble image is displayed without the white cell, and the border? Thanks

Answer 1

Have a look at this :

UIBubbleTableView

If you want the growing textView where you type the message, this is the one :

HPGrowingTextView

Answer 2

When you create your cell you can make the background transparant:

cell.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

You can simply add an imageView as backgroundView.