How to set UIToolBarPosition Top or bottom

Question

To set UIToolBar background Image I use the below code.

UIToolbar *tool=[[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, 100.0)];
[tool setTintColor:[UIColor darkGrayColor]];
UIBarButtonItem *btn=[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Load" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:nil action:nil];
[tool setItems:[NSArray arrayWithObject:btn]];
 UIImage *barImage=[[UIImage imageNamed:@"BarBg.png"] resizableImageWithCapInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(27,0,27,0)];
[tool setBackgroundImage:barImage forToolbarPosition:UIToolbarPositionBottom
              barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
 [self.view addSubview:tool];

This shows the following output

But question arises where is the purple colour background image, which I had set?

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If I change the position top the output changes to

   [tool setBackgroundImage:barImage forToolbarPosition:UIToolbarPositionTop
                  barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

This is what I expect, when setting background image.

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So I don't have any clear idea when to use UIToolBarPositionTop or UIToolBarPositionBottom?

I can't find a question here – Jonesopolis Apr 26 '13 at 15:39 — Jonesopolis, Apr 26 '13 at 15:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 02 '15 at 05:39

In the Apple docs is stated:

UIToolbarPositionBottom: Indicates the toolbar is at the top of its containing view.

UIToolbarPositionTop: Indicates the toolbar is at the bottom of its containing view.

Definitelly this is a bit strange (UIToolbarPositionTop means at bottom...), but, thats the way it is...

Maybe it's easier to think of it as: That content is above (Top) of the toolbar in UIToolbarPositionTop

How to set UIToolBarPosition Top or bottom

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