How to resize a tableHeaderView of a UITableView?

Question

I\'m having trouble resizing a tableHeaderView. It simple doesn\'t work.

1) Create a UITableView and UIView (100 x 320 px);

2) Set the UIView as tableHeaderV

Answer 1

I found the initWithFrame initializer of a UIView doesn't properly honor the rect I pass in. Hence, I did the following which worked perfectly:

 - (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)aRect {

    CGRect frame = [[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame];

    if ((self = [super initWithFrame:CGRectZero])) {

        // Ugly initialization behavior - initWithFrame will not properly honor the frame we pass
        self.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, frame.size.width, 200);

        // ...
    }
}

The advantage of this is it is better encapsulated into your view code.