Keep uitableview static when inserting rows at the top

Question

I have a tableView that I\'m inserting rows into at the top.

Whilst I\'m doing this I want the current view to stay completely still, so the rows only appear if you

Answer 1

Everyone loves copy and pasting code examples, so here's an implementation of Andrey Z.'s answer.

This is in my delegateDidFinishUpdating:(MyDataSourceDelegate*)delegate method

if (self.contentOffset.y <= 0)
{
    [self beginUpdates];
    [self insertRowsAtIndexPaths:insertedIndexPaths withRowAnimation:insertAnimation];
    [self endUpdates];
}
else
{
    CGPoint newContentOffset = self.contentOffset;
    [self reloadData];

    for (NSIndexPath *indexPath in insertedIndexPaths)
        newContentOffset.y += [self.delegate tableView:self heightForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];

    [self setContentOffset:newContentOffset];

    NSLog(@"New data at top of table view");
}

The NSLog at the bottom can be replaced with a call to show a view that indicated there's fresh data.