Custom UINavigationBar Background

Uddhav and leflaw are right. This code works nicely:

@interface CustomNavigationBar : UINavigationBar
@end

@implementation CustomNavigationBar
-(void) drawRect:(CGRect)rect 
{
    UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed: @"myNavBarImage"];
    [image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.frame.size.width, self.frame.size.height)];
}
@end

// this can go anywhere
+(UINavigationController*) myCustomNavigationController
{
  MyViewController *vc = [[[MyViewController alloc] init] autorelease];
  UINavigationController *nav = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"CustomNavigationController" owner:self options:nil] objectAtIndex:0];
  nav.viewControllers = [NSArray arrayWithObject:vc];
  return nav;
}

You have to create CustomNavigationController.xib and put a UINavigationController in it and change the navigationBar class to “CustomNavigationBar”.