I have a view that was created with all of the default UITableView stuff, but now I need to add a header area above where the UITableView is (so the UITableView will scroll normally, but the top 100px of the screen or so will have static header content). I don't see where I can resize the UITableView in IB, and am not sure how to do this.
Does anyone know?
You can use UITableViewDelegate methods to create a custom header view for a table and specify the height, namely tableView:viewForHeaderInSection: and tableView:heightForHeaderInSection:. You can add whatever you like to the view. Here's an example that adds a right aligned UILabel:
- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
UIView *headerView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,tableView.frame.size.width,30)];
UILabel *headerLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(60, 0, headerView.frame.size.width-120.0, headerView.frame.size.height)];
headerLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentRight;
headerLabel.text = [titleArray objectAtIndex:section];
headerLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[headerView addSubview:headerLabel];
return headerView;
}
-(CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return 30.0;
}
Suppose to have your UITableViewController
@interface MXMTableViewController : UITableViewController <UITableViewDelegate,UIScrollViewDelegate> {
/// your table view interface here
}
and a xib with you simple UITableView defined yet in it, you can do as Mihir says overriding the loadView method like this:
- (void)loadView {
[super loadView];
UIView *mainView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480)];
self.view = mainView;
[mainView release];
// Add Header View
UIView *headerView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 36)];
headerView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
[self.view addSubview:headerView];
// now, move your table view down. Check you nib to choose
// the right Y-axis offset
CGRect f = tableView.frame;
f.origin.y += headerView.frame.size.height/2;
tableView.frame = f;
// Add the table view to the container view
[self.view addSubview:self.tableView];
// Add footer
UIView *footerView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, self.tableView.frame.size.height, 320, 125)];
footerView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
[self.view addSubview:footerView];
[footerView release];
[headerView release];
}
...and that's it. You have a UITableView with fixed header and footer.
PS. You may now use your xib custom views as the header and footer's views.