Définir une image d'arrière-plan pour un tabbar

 jUst call these two methods
   hideTabBar;
   addCustomElements;

  hideTabBar method hides the original tabbar
  And addCustomElements method will add the custom tabbar image as well as custom tabbar button also 


- (void)hideTabBar
{
    for(UIView *view in self.tabBarController.view.subviews)
    {
        //      if([view isKindOfClass:[UITabBar class]])
        //      {
        //          view.hidden = YES;
        //          break;
        //      }

        if([view isKindOfClass:[UITabBar class]])
        {
            [view setFrame:CGRectMake(view.frame.origin.x, 480, view.frame.size.width, view.frame.size.height)];
        } 
        else 
        {
            [view setFrame:CGRectMake(view.frame.origin.x, view.frame.origin.y, view.frame.size.width, 480)];
        }


    }
}

-(void)addCustomElements
{
    // Initialise our two images
    UIImage *btnImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"homet.png"];
    UIImage *btnImageSelected = [UIImage imageNamed:@"homehovert.png"];

    self.btn1 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom]; //Setup the button
    btn1.frame = CGRectMake(28, 446, 25,28); // Set the frame (size and position) of the button)
    [btn1 setBackgroundImage:btnImage forState:UIControlStateNormal]; // Set the image for the normal state of the button
    [btn1 setBackgroundImage:btnImageSelected forState:UIControlStateSelected]; // Set the image for the selected state of the button
    [btn1 setTag:0]; // Assign the button a "tag" so when our "click" event is called we know which button was pressed.
    [btn1 setSelected:true]; // Set this button as selected (we will select the others to false as we only want Tab 1 to be selected initially

    // Now we repeat the process for the other buttons
    btnImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"blogt.png"];
    btnImageSelected = [UIImage imageNamed:@"bloghovert.png"];
    self.btn2 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    btn2.frame = CGRectMake(107, 448, 22,28);
    [btn2 setBackgroundImage:btnImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [btn2 setBackgroundImage:btnImageSelected forState:UIControlStateSelected];
    [btn2 setTag:1];

    btnImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"networkt.png"];
    btnImageSelected = [UIImage imageNamed:@"networkhovert.png"];
    self.btn3 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    btn3.frame = CGRectMake(180, 446, 35,29);
    [btn3 setBackgroundImage:btnImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [btn3 setBackgroundImage:btnImageSelected forState:UIControlStateSelected];
    [btn3 setTag:2];

    btnImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"contactt.png"];
    btnImageSelected = [UIImage imageNamed:@"contacthovert.png"];
    self.btn4 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    btn4.frame = CGRectMake(262, 447, 32,28);
    [btn4 setBackgroundImage:btnImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [btn4 setBackgroundImage:btnImageSelected forState:UIControlStateSelected];
    [btn4 setTag:3];

    self.img1 = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"tabbar.png"]] ;
    img1.frame = CGRectMake(0, 440, 320, 40); 




    [self.tabBarController.view addSubview:img1];
    // Add my new buttons to the view
    [self.tabBarController.view addSubview:btn1];
    [self.tabBarController.view addSubview:btn2];
    [self.tabBarController.view addSubview:btn3];
    [self.tabBarController.view addSubview:btn4];

    // Setup event handlers so that the buttonClicked method will respond to the touch up inside event.
    [btn1 addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonClicked:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [btn2 addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonClicked:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [btn3 addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonClicked:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [btn4 addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonClicked:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
}

// not supported on iOS4    
UITabBar *tabBar = [tabController tabBar];
if ([tabBar respondsToSelector:@selector(setBackgroundImage:)])
{
    // set it just for this instance
    [tabBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"tabbar_brn.jpg"]];

    // set for all
    // [[UITabBar appearance] setBackgroundImage: ...
}
else
{
    // ios 4 code here
}

Comme mentionné précédemment sur iOS 5, je vous suggère d'utiliser l'image d'arrière-plan:

// UITabBar+CustomBackground.h
@interface UITabBar (CustomBackground)
@end

// UITabBar+CustomBackground.m
@implementation UITabBar (CustomBackground)
- (void) drawRect:(CGRect)frame {
    [[UIColor redColor] set];

    CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    CGContextFillRect(ctx, [self bounds]);
}
@end

Il vous suffit d'identifier chaque cas, en vérifiant la version avec -RePPrespectoSelector comme indiqué à Vinodh. Je vous suggère de créer une catégorie sur Uitabbar et de le faire facilement. Donc, le code disposera de ce formulaire: xxx

et le fichier .m: xxx

-Drawlayer: incontext dessinera l'image d'arrière-plan rapide.