How do I put a background image on a text area (IN THE IPAD) - xcode

Question

How do I put a template'd background image on a text area?

Answer 1

Not sure what you mean with "template'd"... but....
In interface builder, add the imageview behind the textview, uncheck the "opaque" box for the textview.

Answer 2

You can set the contents property of the text views layer.
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
...
- (void) viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
textView.layer.contents = (id)[UIImage imageNamed:#"myImage.png"].CGImage
}
should work

Answer 3

If you want to add the image programmaticaly I managed to do it this way:
First in my textviewViewController.h I added an outlet for the UITextView.
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface textviewViewController : UIViewController {
UITextView *textView;
}
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITextView *textView;
#end
Next, in my .xib I added my UITextView and connected my outlet.
Lastly in the viewDidLoad of textviewViewController.m I add the image as a subview to my textview.
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// Change the pathForResource to reflect the name and type of your image file
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:#"d" ofType:#"jpg"];
UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:path];
UIImageView *imgView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:img];
[self.textView insertSubview:imgView atIndex:0];
[imgView release];
}
I tried the insertSubview:atIndex: with both 0 and 1 with the same result, but I would stick with 0 idicating that it's behind the textview.