Transparency between UITableViewCells - iphone

Question

I want to have transparency between UITableViewCells. Space between the cells.
I user custom created cells and for setting a background i use this code:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CustomCell = #"CustomBookingCell";
currentBooking = [arrayBookings objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
CustomBookingCell *cell = (CustomBookingCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CustomCell];
if (cell == nil) {
UIViewController *c = [[UIViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"CustomBookingCell" bundle:nil];
cell = (CustomBookingCell *)c.view;
[ c release ];
}
bookingImage = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:
[UIImage imageNamed:currentBooking.imageSource]];
[cell.imageForBooking addSubview:bookingImage];
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray;
cell.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
UIView* backgroundView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
UIImage* bgImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"Background_300_82.png"];
UIColor *bgColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithPatternImage: bgImage];
backgroundView.backgroundColor = bgColor;
cell.backgroundView = backgroundView;
cell.label.text = currentBooking.title;
[bookingImage release];
[bgColor release];
[backgroundView release];
return cell;
}
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return 90;
}
The height of the cell is 10 pixels higher that the tableCellBg.png.
My background view has also a image as background (this background is supposed to be shown between the cells of course).
So I tried to add 10 pixels with transparency to my tableCellBg.png in the bottom to fix this. But the space between the cells is black. I can't see the view background between my cells.
What shall I do? Do I have to create a UIView in cellForRowAtIndexPath with the height of the tableCellBg.png and then add the Custom UITableViewCell as subview to the created UIView with a less higher height?
Or is there a much more simplyfied way to accomplish this?

Answer 1

Your table view needs a clear background colour. For example
myTableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

Answer 2

I solved it by using another method to add the background image to the UITableViewCell:
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"ny_bg_event.png"];
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image];
imageView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 300, 84);
cell.backgroundView = imageView;
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[imageView release];
[cell setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 300, 84)];
cell.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
Instead of creating a UIView I just used a UIImageView instead.