UITabBarController image iOS 5

Question

I created a UITabBarController with storyboard for iOS5. I don't have the UITabBar declared in my ViewController and I can't set background image for tab bar.

UIImage *tabBackground = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"tabBarBackground.jpg"] resizableImageWithCapInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0)];
// Set background for all UITabBars
[[UITabBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:tabBackground];
// Set background for only this UITabBar
[[tabBarController tabBar] setBackgroundImage:tabBackground];

Answer 1

You'll need to designate tabBarController as an IBOutlet property

@property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UITabBarController *tabBarController;

Then wire them up in the Connections inspector in Interface Builder, and you'll be able to use your code as shown.