Background images

This example shows how to add a custom background image view to a flexible header.

You can create and add a UIImageView subview to the flexible header view's content view:

Swift

let headerView = headerViewController.headerView

let imageView = ...
imageView.frame = headerView.bounds
imageView.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]
headerView.contentView.insertSubview(imageView, at: 0)

imageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFill
imageView.clipsToBounds = true

Objective-C

UIImageView *imageView = ...;
imageView.frame = self.headerViewController.headerView.bounds;
imageView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
[self.headerViewController.headerView.contentView insertSubview:imageView atIndex:0];

imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
imageView.clipsToBounds = YES;

Notes:

• Add the image view to the header view's contentView, not the header view itself.
• Set the contentMode to “ScaleAspectFill” to ensure that the image always fills the available header space, even if the image is too small. This is usually preferred, but consider changing the contentMode if you want a different behavior.
• Enable clipsToBounds in order to ensure that your image view does not bleed past the bounds of the header view. The header view's clipsToBounds is disabled by default.