objective-c : set background image of a UITableView

snippet.m

//set background image of a UITableView
//ViewController.m

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    
    //Controlling the Background of a UITableView
    //setting an image as the background of UITableView through four steps
    
    //1.set backgroundColor property of tableView to clearColor, so that background image is visible
    [self.tableView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
    
    //2.create an UIImageView that you want to appear behind the table
    UIImageView *tableBackgroundView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"myImage"]];
    
    //3.set the UIImageView’s frame to the same size of the tableView
    [tableBackgroundView setFrame: self.tableView.frame];

    //4.update tableView’s backgroundImage to the new UIImageView object
    [self.tableView setBackgroundView:tableBackgroundView];   
}