IPhone SDK: Add background Image to Tabel cell

Question

Hi all,
I am trying to add a image to the UITableViewCell. For some reason I could not see the image when I called *cell.backgroundView addSubview:imageView*. But if I changed the code to *cell.contentView addSubview:imageView*, I could see the image.
Anyone has idea why?
Thanks in advance.
--------------------Here is my code
CGRect rect;
rect = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 320.0, ROW_HEIGHT);
UITableViewCell *cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithFrame:rect reuseIdentifier:identifier] autorelease];
UIImage *image = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"test.png"] retain];
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image];
imageView.image = image;
imageView.opaque = YES;
[cell.backgroundView addSubview:imageView];
[imageView release];

Answer 1

hi, as far as i know, the property backgroundView does not contain a view at all. If you want to use it, you have to assign a UIView (or subclass) to it.
So you may set the image as the cell's backgroundView with
call.backgroundView = imageView;
or you create a UIView, set it as backgroundView and add the image as subview of the newly created UIView;
cell.backgroundView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
[cell.backgroundView adSubView:imageView];