UITableView backgroundView example in Objective C (iOS).

UITableView backgroundView

The background view of the table view.

@property(nonatomic, readwrite, retain) UIView *backgroundView

Discussion of [UITableView backgroundView]
A table view’s background view is automatically resized to match the size of the table view. This view is placed as a subview of the table view behind all cells , header views, and footer views.

Assigning an opaque view to this property obscures the background color set on the table view itself.

UITableView backgroundView example.

UITableView has a backgroundView property. Use it.

aTableView.backgroundView = [[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:aTableView.bounds] autorelease];
aTableView.backgroundView.backgroundColor = backgroundColor;

Example of [UITableView backgroundView].

a better solution using UITableView.backgroundView:

UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"lisbon.png"]];

self.tableView.backgroundView = imageView;
[imageView release];

UITableView backgroundView example.

Please use following code.

UIImageView *tempImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"TableViewBackground.png"]];
[tempImageView setFrame:self.tableView.frame];

self.tableView.backgroundView = tempImageView;
[tempImageView release];

End of UITableView backgroundView example article.