How to add a UIView above the current UITableViewController

Question

I have difficulty adding a subview (UIView) from within the viewDidLoad method of a UITableViewController

This works:

[self.view addSubview:self.prog         


        

Answer 1

I tried the approach above, but did not get it to work. I also found it to require too much configuration and code, since it requires setting up the table view from scratch (something that is easily done from within the storyboard).

Instead, I added the view that I wanted to add above my UITableView into the UITableViewController's UINavigationController's view, as such:

[self.navigationController.view addSubview:];

This approach requires that you have embedded the UITableViewController in a UINavigationController, but even if you do not want a navigation controller, you can still use this approach and just hide the navigation bar.