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Objective C: view.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor]; Swift: view.backgroundColor! = UIColor.redColor() Swift 3 view.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor

Objective-C UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.view.frame.size); [[UIImage imageNamed:@"image.png"] drawInRect:self.view.bounds]; UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext(); UIGraphicsEndImageContext(); self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternIma...

self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"Background.png"]];

To create a background with a gradient you can use the CAGradientLayer class: Swift 3.1: func createGradient() { let caLayer = CAGradientLayer() caLayer.colors = [UIColor.white, UIColor.green, UIColor.blue] caLayer.locations = [0, 0.5, 1] caLayer.bounds = self.bounds self...