How to hide first section header in UITableView (grouped style)

Question

As the design of table views using the grouped style changed considerably with iOS 7, I would like to hide (or remove) the first section header. So far I haven\'t managed to

Answer 1

This is how to hide the first section header in UITableView (grouped style).

Swift 3.0 & Xcode 8.0 Solution

1. The TableView's delegate should implement the heightForHeaderInSection method

2. Within the heightForHeaderInSection method, return the least positive number. (not zero!)

   func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat {
   
       let headerHeight: CGFloat
   
       switch section {
       case 0:
           // hide the header
           headerHeight = CGFloat.leastNonzeroMagnitude
       default:
           headerHeight = 21
       }
   
       return headerHeight
   }