UIPickerview customisation

Question

I would like to do some customization of the UIPickerView.

End Goal: have a picker view rotating a few icon sized images.

firstly i would like to change the black/grey boarder surrounding the spindle to a transparent colour. i.e. [UIColor clearColor];

Then shrink the picker view down so it is relatively small, (probably around 40 x 40 pixels) Experimenting with this is IB did not make it seem easy.

Finally change the view returned to the picker for each section. This i think is easy with

pickerView:viewForRow:forComponent:reusingView:

The rest, not sure if it is possible or if i am going to have to delve into some of the core animation/graphics (or find a different way to do what i want).

Answer 1

UIPickerView is not customizable. At all.

You'll have to go custom for what you want.

Perhaps the easiest way would be to mess with an UIScrollView with vertical pagination enabled, and try to get it to act like you want. Maybe overlap an UIImageView with it and wrap the whole thing up in a custom view.

Answer 2

You can also "customize" the outer bezel of the picker by simply placing a UIImageView over the top with a hole cut out for the working parts. Apple does this with the Clock app.