how can i set Image directly on UIView?

Question

Can any body tell me how can I set Image directly on UIView ? Here is my code:

 UIView *view=[[UIView alloc]init];
 [view setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"image.png"]];

Sisile

you don't want to use UIImageView ? – Sharpe

you need to use a UIImageView – Ecology

You can set it as background aView.backgroundColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"yourimage.png"]]; – Loaded

Answer 1

UIView *view=[[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(x, y, width, height)];
[view setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"a.png"]]];

Hope this is help you.

Platonic

Answer 2

This is very simple to do. Try:

UIView * view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(origin_x, origin_y, width, height)]; 
UIImageView * imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"a.png"]];
[view addSubview:imageView];
[imageView release];

You can also play with the UIImageView's frame property to move it around in your UIView. Hope that Helps!

Confound

Answer 3

   UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480)];
        [imageView setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"320_480clouds_background.png"]];
        self.tableView.backgroundView = imageView;
        [imageView release];

Hope this help you

Charley

Answer 4

Swift version :

let view = UIView(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 640, 200))
view.backgroundColor = UIColor(patternImage: UIImage(named: "myImage")!)

Swift 3:

let view = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 640, height: 200))
view.backgroundColor = UIColor(patternImage: UIImage(named: "myImage")!)

Counterword

Answer 5

you can try this :

UIView *aView=[[UIView alloc]init];

UIColor *background = [[UIColor alloc] initWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"anImage.png"]];
aView.backgroundColor = background;
[background release];

Sharpe

but for good practice you should use UIImageView for displaying images – Sharpe

Answer 6

Here I am assigning the CGImage to the contents property of layer which accepts CGImage or NSImage. You can only assign CGImage or NSImage to contents property.

layerView.layer.contents = UIImage(named: "Mario.png")?.cgImage

Ignoble

Please provide some explanation around why your code solves the OP's problem, and why it's better than the answers already given. This may help - How to Answer – Santasantacruz

I wouldn't say that it is better everyone's answer but it is just another way you can do it. – Ignoble

Even so, an explanation of how it differs would be nice. – Santasantacruz

Am assigning the CGImage to the contents property of layer which accepts CGImage or NSImage. You can only assign CGImage or NSImage to contents property. – Ignoble

This I have done using object of CALayer on the layerView which is low-level object of UIKit. – Ignoble