How to visually create and use static cells in a UITableView embedded in a UIViewController

Question

I\'m using XCode 4.2 and have built my UI using Storyboards. I need to create a view that has content above and below a UITableView and I can achieve this by using a UIViewC

Answer 1

pmd's answer works but in the event that backward compatibility with iOS 5 is required as well, you can do the embedding programatically using the View Containment API.

In the viewDidLoad method of your parent UIViewController:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"MainStoryboard_iPhone" bundle:nil];
    MyTableViewController* vc =[storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"MyTableVC"];
    [self addChildViewController:vc];
    [self.view addSubview:vc.view];

    // ensure embedded view is aligned to top
    CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, self.view.frame.size.height);
    vc.view.frame = frame;

    [vc didMoveToParentViewController:self]; 
}

Don't forget to specify a storyboard ID for your UITableViewController with the static cells.