Can't change background for UIWebView in iOS

Question

Is there a way to change background color for UIWebView?

None of the colors set in IB effect UIWebView behavior: before actual content is loaded it shows as up as white (causing a white flash between the moment it is loaded and content is rendered).

Setting background color programmatically does not do anything either.

Here is code:

@interface Web_ViewViewController : UIViewController {      UIWebView *web; }  @property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWebView *web; @end  .... -(void)viewDidLoad {     super viewDidLoad;      web.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];     NSURL *clUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.apple.com"];     NSURLRequest *req = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:clUrl];      [web loadRequest:req]; } 

Answer 1

You can set the opaque property of the webview to NO and then set background color of the view beneath.

[webView setOpaque:NO];