change navigation bar background using my own image

Question

i want to change navigation bar background using my own image, but i really dont know what to do. i was search it on google, but some samples tell in navigationbar template. my application is a split view base. How could i do that??

Answer 1

If you want to change the background of the navigation bar that too without using category, this might be helpful to give that feel, see if it fulfills your need:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

        UIView *v = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 320.0, 44.0)];
        //here for v, width= navBar width and height=navBar height

    [v setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"a.png"]]];

    [self.view addSubview:v];

    [v release];

    [self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];

    [self.navigationController.navigationBar setBarStyle:UIBarStyleBlackTranslucent];
}