How do I set the height of tableHeaderView (UITableView) with autolayout?

Question

I\'m been smashing my head against the wall with this for last 3 or 4 hours and I can\'t seem to figure it out. I have a UIViewController with a full screen UITableView insi

Answer 1

This worked for me on ios10 and Xcode 8

func layoutTableHeaderView() {

    guard let headerView = tableView.tableHeaderView else { return }
    headerView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false

    let headerWidth = headerView.bounds.size.width;
    let temporaryWidthConstraints = NSLayoutConstraint.constraintsWithVisualFormat("[headerView(width)]", options: NSLayoutFormatOptions(rawValue: UInt(0)), metrics: ["width": headerWidth], views: ["headerView": headerView])

    headerView.addConstraints(temporaryWidthConstraints)

    headerView.setNeedsLayout()
    headerView.layoutIfNeeded()

    let headerSize = headerView.systemLayoutSizeFittingSize(UILayoutFittingCompressedSize)
    let height = headerSize.height
    var frame = headerView.frame

    frame.size.height = height
    headerView.frame = frame

    self.tableView.tableHeaderView = headerView

    headerView.removeConstraints(temporaryWidthConstraints)
    headerView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = true

}