Determine if a tableview cell is visible

Question

Is there any way to know if a tableview cell is currently visible? I have a tableview whose first cell(0) is a uisearchbar. If a search is not active, then hide cell 0 via a

Answer 1

I use this in Swift 3.0

extension UITableView {

    /// Check if cell at the specific section and row is visible
    /// - Parameters:
    /// - section: an Int reprenseting a UITableView section
    /// - row: and Int representing a UITableView row
    /// - Returns: True if cell at section and row is visible, False otherwise
    func isCellVisible(section:Int, row: Int) -> Bool {
        guard let indexes = self.indexPathsForVisibleRows else {
            return false
        }
        return indexes.contains {$0.section == section && $0.row == row }
    }  }