How can I stop my custom UITableViewCell backgroundImage from being stretchable?

Question

If I create a background image for my table cell in the init method of my UITableViewCell subclass, the image comes out exactly how I drew it, and tableView:heightForRowAtIndexPath: simply adds a gap around it.

But if instead I create the background image in my tableView's tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: method and set it, changing the cell height will now stretch the image.

I need to create the background views in the cellForRowAtIndexPath method, as the background changes for different rows. How can I make my image's size fixed again?

tsakoyan · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-20T12:26:34.390

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Have you tried setting the contentMode to UIViewContentModeCenter for the backgroundView of the cell?

put it here

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
     cell.backgroundView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeCenter;
}

edited Apr 20 '11 at 12:26

answered Apr 20 '11 at 11:51

tsakoyan

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Makes no difference, I'm afraid. – Ric Levy Apr 20 '11 at 12:12
I've checked my edited answer in practice and it worked, do you get notifications for edited answers? – tsakoyan Apr 20 '11 at 12:50
Sorry - just saw it. There doesn't seem to be any notification for edited answers. It works perfectly now. Thanks! – Ric Levy Apr 20 '11 at 16:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 20 '11 at 11:50

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You could create something with:

UIView *cellBackView = [[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero] autorelease];
<insert image>;
cell.backgroundView = cellBackView;

My guess is the backgroundView gets strechted automatically, but you could make sure the image isn't stretched on that view by setting a width and height. This way, you can do whatever you like with that view.

answered Apr 20 '11 at 11:50

Joetjah

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I've given this a try but it doesn't seem to do anything :( – Ric Levy Apr 20 '11 at 12:12

How can I stop my custom UITableViewCell backgroundImage from being stretchable?

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