Theme the IOS UI Picker using Monotouch

Question

I have a monotouch project and I am trying to theme the uipicker without any luck. I have tried setting backgroundcolors to clear however none seem to do much.

To start with I don't want to do anything to difficult I really just want to be able to clear the black background then remove the 2 tone gradient bar that the picker is inside.

Any monotouch gurus care to lend a hand?

Answer 1

It is not an easy task (Apple doesn't have a clear cut way to do this). Read some of the options here.

So you can either:

• Create an image with a transparent center to add a UIImageView as a subview,
• Try settings properties on a Subview of UIPickerView
• Try porting their IXPickerOverlayView to MonoTouch