---
title: backgroundImage
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uisearchbar/backgroundimage
---

# backgroundImage

The background image for the search bar.

## Declaration

```swift
var backgroundImage: UIImage? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Images that are 1 point wide or stretchable images are stretched, otherwise the image is tiled.

## See Also

### Customizing the search bar appearance

- [backgroundImage(for:barMetrics:)](uikit/uisearchbar/backgroundimage(for:barmetrics:).md)
- [setBackgroundImage(_:for:barMetrics:)](uikit/uisearchbar/setbackgroundimage(_:for:barmetrics:).md)
- [image(for:state:)](uikit/uisearchbar/image(for:state:).md)
- [setImage(_:for:state:)](uikit/uisearchbar/setimage(_:for:state:).md)
- [positionAdjustment(for:)](uikit/uisearchbar/positionadjustment(for:).md)
- [setPositionAdjustment(_:for:)](uikit/uisearchbar/setpositionadjustment(_:for:).md)
- [inputAccessoryView](uikit/uisearchbar/inputaccessoryview.md)
- [searchFieldBackgroundImage(for:)](uikit/uisearchbar/searchfieldbackgroundimage(for:).md)
- [setSearchFieldBackgroundImage(_:for:)](uikit/uisearchbar/setsearchfieldbackgroundimage(_:for:).md)
- [searchFieldBackgroundPositionAdjustment](uikit/uisearchbar/searchfieldbackgroundpositionadjustment.md)
- [searchTextPositionAdjustment](uikit/uisearchbar/searchtextpositionadjustment.md)