ios-samples/MonoCatalogSample/images.cs

//
// Images sample port to C#/MonoTouch
//
using System;
using MonoTouch.UIKit;
using MonoTouch.Foundation;

public partial class ImagesViewController : UIViewController {

	// Loads the inteface from the NIB file.
	public ImagesViewController () : base ("ImagesViewController", null)
	{
	}

	public override void ViewDidLoad ()
	{
		base.ViewDidLoad ();
		Title = "Images";

		imageView.AnimationImages = new UIImage [] {
			UIImage.FromFile ("scene1.jpg"),
			UIImage.FromFile ("scene2.jpg"),
			UIImage.FromFile ("scene3.jpg"),
			UIImage.FromFile ("scene4.jpg"),
			UIImage.FromFile ("scene5.jpg")
		};
		imageView.AnimationDuration = 5;
		imageView.StopAnimating ();
	}

	//
	// Try to clean up resources to assist the GC, this is called
	// in response to low-memory conditions
	//
	public override void ViewDidUnload ()
	{
		base.ViewDidUnload ();
		imageView = null;
		slider = null;
	}

	partial void sliderAction (UISlider sender)
	{
		imageView.AnimationDuration = sender.Value;
		if (!imageView.IsAnimating)
			imageView.StartAnimating ();
	}

	public override void ViewWillDisappear (bool animated)
	{
		imageView.StopAnimating ();
		NavigationController.NavigationBar.BarStyle = UIBarStyle.Default;
		UIApplication.SharedApplication.StatusBarStyle = UIStatusBarStyle.Default;
	}

	public override void ViewWillAppear (bool animated)
	{
		imageView.StartAnimating ();
		
		// for aesthetic reasons (the background is black), make the nav bar black for this particular page                                  
		NavigationController.NavigationBar.BarStyle = UIBarStyle.Black;
		UIApplication.SharedApplication.StatusBarStyle = UIStatusBarStyle.BlackOpaque;
	}

}