How to put a background picture behind UITableViewController
Swift version: 5.0
You can put any type of UIView behind a table view, and iOS automatically resizes it to fit the table. So, adding a background picture is just a matter of using a UIImageView like this:
tableView.backgroundView = UIImageView(image: UIImage(named: "taylor-swift"))LEARN SWIFTUI FOR FREE I wrote a massive, free SwiftUI tutorial collection, and also have a growing list of free SwiftUI tutorials on YouTube – get started today!
Available from iOS 3.2
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