UIRefreshControl incorrect title offset during first run and sometimes title missing

Question

The text is offset wrong by the first launch of UIRefreshControl... later sometimes the refresh text doesn\'t show up at all and just the spiny is visible

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Answer 1

I finally found the holy grail on this, which looks working in all cases

note : UIRefreshControl is added to a UITableViewController (note, never add UIRefreshControl just as subview to a normal UIVIewController's UITableView) (best to add UITableViewController as a child VC inside a UIViewController if you must)

note : that this also fixes the problem, that the UIRefreshControl is not vissible at first refresh (link)

Add to you .h

@interface MyViewController ()

@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL refreshControlFixApplied;

- (void)beginRefreshing;
- (void)beginRefreshingWithText:(NSString *)text;
- (void)endRefreshing;
- (void)endRefreshingWithText:(NSString *)text;

@end

Add to you .m

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#pragma mark - UIRefreshControl Fix (peter@min60.com) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19121276/uirefreshcontrol-incorrect-title-offset-during-first-run-and-sometimes-title-mis/
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

- (void)beginRefreshingWithText:(NSString *)text {

    [self setRefreshControlText:text];
    [self beginRefreshing];

}

- (void)endRefreshingWithText:(NSString *)text {

    [self setRefreshControlText:text];
    [self.refreshControl endRefreshing];

}

- (void)beginRefreshing {

    if (self.refreshControl == nil) {
        return;
    }

    if (!self.refreshControlFixApplied) {

        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{

            if ([self.refreshControl.attributedTitle length] == 0) {
                [self setRefreshControlText:@" "];
            }
            [self.refreshControl beginRefreshing];

            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{

                [self.refreshControl endRefreshing];

                dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{

                    // set the title before calling beginRefreshing
                    if ([self.refreshControl.attributedTitle length] == 0) {
                        [self setRefreshControlText:@" "];
                    }
                    if (self.tableView.contentOffset.y == 0) {
                        self.tableView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(0, -self.refreshControl.frame.size.height);
                    }
                    [self.refreshControl beginRefreshing];

                    self.refreshControlFixApplied = YES;

                });

            });

        });

    } else {

        if (self.tableView.contentOffset.y == 0) {
            self.tableView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(0, -self.refreshControl.frame.size.height);
        }
        [self.refreshControl beginRefreshing];

    }

}

- (void)endRefreshing {

    if (self.refreshControl == nil) {
        return;
    }

    if (!self.refreshControlFixApplied) {
        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
            [self endRefreshing];
        });
    } else {
        if (self.tableView.contentOffset.y < 0) {
            self.tableView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(0, 0);
        }
        [self.refreshControl endRefreshing];

    }

}

- (void)setRefreshControlText:(NSString *)text {

    UIFont * font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica-Light" size:10.0];
    NSDictionary *attributes = @{NSFontAttributeName : font, NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor colorWithHex:0x00B92E]};
    self.refreshControl.attributedTitle = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:text attributes:attributes];

}

Use only methods

- (void)beginRefreshing;
- (void)beginRefreshingWithText:(NSString *)text;
- (void)endRefreshing;
- (void)endRefreshingWithText:(NSString *)text;