Background image view behind a uitableview - xcode

Question

Is it possible to add an imageView behind a UITableView? How would I add this image:
So that users could see it behind a tableview (background set to clear)?

Answer 1

The following should work:
tableView.backgroundColor = UIColor(patternImage: UIImage(named: "your_image_name")!)
As the function names imply, a UIColor is created from the image you supply.
Refer to the Apple documentation here for more information.

Answer 2

If you go into the Storyboard, you can insert the Image View, insert the image in, then in the Document Outline, you can move the image above the table and it'll go behind it. Then set the tableView alpha in the inspector as .5 or however opaque you want it.

Answer 3

Funny, I just did a tutorial that had this in it, but code was used instead of an image. In Swift 2.0 you create a file (let's call it BackgroundView) of type UIView, add this code in the pre-made drawRect function:
// Change these colors to the ones you want.
let lightPurple: UIColor = UIColor(red: 0.377, green: 0.075, blue: 0.778, alpha: 1.000)
let darkPurple: UIColor = UIColor(red: 0.060, green: 0.036, blue: 0.202, alpha: 1.000)
let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
//// Gradient Declarations
let purpleGradient = CGGradientCreateWithColors(CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB(), [lightPurple.CGColor, darkPurple.CGColor], [0, 1])
//// Background Drawing
let backgroundPath = UIBezierPath(rect: CGRectMake(0, 0, self.frame.width, self.frame.height))
CGContextSaveGState(context)
backgroundPath.addClip()
CGContextDrawLinearGradient(context, purpleGradient,
CGPointMake(160, 0),
CGPointMake(160, 568),
[.DrawsBeforeStartLocation, .DrawsAfterEndLocation])
Then create a configureView function in the TableViewController and put this line of code in it:
tableView.backgroundView = BackgroundView()
Then call the function in the viewDidLoad.