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I'm trying to programmatically set the background image for a tabbar in my app. My code is as follows: RootViewController.h IBOutlet UITabBar *mainTabBar; IBOutlet UITabBarItem *settingsBarItem; IBOutlet UITabBarItem *infoBarItem; IBOutlet UITabBarItem *aboutBarItem; RootViewController.m -(void)viewDidLoad { UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"smallMenuBackground.png"]]; [mainTabBar insertSubview:imageView atIndex:0]; [imageView release]; [super viewDidLoad]; } This is not working for me. UPDATE UPDATE 23rd January 2012 Ok, I've made a bit of progress. This only stopped working since I upgraded to Xcode 4.2 and IOS5. I managed to get it back using the options in Interface Builder, but now it only works for IOS5. Ideally I would have liked to get working programatically but I'll settle for the IB solution for now. I just can't seem to get it working for any previous releases. NOTE: my TabBar is only on my RootViewController, which is the main screen of my app. Ideally, if I could get the code working that Nithin suggested, that would be great: UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"tabBG.png"]]; if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] > 4.9) { //iOS 5 [self.tabBarController.tabBar insertSubview:imageView atIndex:1]; } else { //iOS 4.whatever and below [self.tabBarController.tabBar insertSubview:imageView atIndex:0]; } [imageView release]; Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Stephen

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