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UIView *backgroundView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame: window.frame];
backgroundView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"TableViewBackground.png"]];
[window addSubview:backgroundView];
[backgroundView release];
 
yourTableViewController = [[ATableViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
yourTableViewController.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[window addSubview:yourTableViewController.view];
 
[window makeKeyAndVisible];

@interface MainViewController : UIViewController <UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource>
{
  UITableView *theTableView;
}

- (id)init
{
  if (self = [super init]) 
  {
    self.view = [[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame]] autorelease];
 
    // Setup the background
    UIImageView *background = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"background.png"]];
    [self.view addSubview:background];
    [background release];
 
    // Create table view
    theTableView = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 11, 320, 460) style: UITableViewStylePlain];
    [theTableView setDelegate:self];
    [theTableView setDataSource:self];
 
    // This should be set to work with the image height
    [theTableView setRowHeight:68];
 
    // Transparent, so we can see the background
    [theTableView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
    [theTableView setSeparatorStyle:UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleNone];
    [theTableView setIndicatorStyle:UIScrollViewIndicatorStyleWhite];
 
    [self.view addSubview:theTableView];
 
  }
  return self;
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath 
{
	CustomCell *cell= [[[CustomCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:nil] autorelease];
 
	// Default to no selected style and not selected
	cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
 
	// Set the image for the cell
	[cell setTheImage:[UIImage imageNamed:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Arrows%d.png", indexPath.row + 1]]];
 
	return cell;
}

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 
@interface CustomCell : UITableViewCell 
{
  UIImageView *image; 
}
 
- (void) setTheImage:(UIImage *)icon;
 
@end

#import "CustomCell.h"
 
@implementation CustomCell
 
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-(id) initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
	if (self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier]) 
  {
    // Cells are transparent
    [self.contentView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
	}
 
	return self;
}
 
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
- (void) setTheImage:(UIImage *) icon
{  
  // Alloc and set the frame
  image = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:icon];
  image.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 286, 68);
 
  // Add subview
  [self.contentView addSubview:image];    
}
 
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated 
{
  [super setSelected:selected animated:animated];   
  if (selected == YES)
    image.alpha = .5;
  else
    image.alpha = 1;
}
 
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
* 
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
- (void)dealloc 
{
  [image release];
  [super dealloc];
}
 
@end

#import
 
@interface SimpleTableViewController : UIViewController  {
	IBOutlet UITableView *tblSimpleTable;
	NSArray *arryData;
}
@end

#import "SimpleTableViewController.h"
 
@implementation SimpleTableViewController
 
// Implement viewDidLoad to do additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
- (void)viewDidLoad {
	arryData = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"iPhone",@"Android",@"Plam Pre",@"Windows Mobile",nil];
    [super viewDidLoad];
}
 
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
	// Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview.
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
 
	// Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}
 
- (void)viewDidUnload {
	// Release any retained subviews of the main view.
	// e.g. self.myOutlet = nil;
}
 
- (void)dealloc {
	[arryData release];
    [super dealloc];
}
 
#pragma mark Table view methods
 
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
    return 1;
}
 
// Customize the number of rows in the table view.
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    return [arryData count];
}
 
// Customize the appearance of table view cells.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
 
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
 
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
    }
 
    // Set up the cell...
	cell.textLabel.text = [arryData objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    return cell;
}
 
@end