How to mask UITableViewCells underneath a UITableView Transparent Header

Question

I want the header to mask the cells, but not the background.

I have a UITableView with transparent headers and cells similar to Apple\'s Notification Center (when yo

Answer 1

Try to make a subclass of UITableviewCell and add these methods

- (void)maskCellFromTop:(CGFloat)margin {
    self.layer.mask = [self visibilityMaskWithLocation:margin/self.frame.size.height];
    self.layer.masksToBounds = YES;
}

- (CAGradientLayer *)visibilityMaskWithLocation:(CGFloat)location {
    CAGradientLayer *mask = [CAGradientLayer layer];
    mask.frame = self.bounds;
    mask.colors = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:(id)[[UIColor colorWithWhite:1 alpha:0] CGColor], (id)[[UIColor colorWithWhite:1 alpha:1] CGColor], nil];
    mask.locations = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:location], [NSNumber numberWithFloat:location], nil];
    return mask;
}

and add this delegate method in UITableView

#pragma mark - UIScrollViewDelegate

- (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView {
    for (iNotifyTableViewCell *cell in self.visibleCells) {
        CGFloat hiddenFrameHeight = scrollView.contentOffset.y + [iNotifyHeaderView height] - cell.frame.origin.y;
        if (hiddenFrameHeight >= 0 || hiddenFrameHeight <= cell.frame.size.height) {
            [cell maskCellFromTop:hiddenFrameHeight];
        }
    }
}

*Note that [iNotifyHeaderView height] is the height of the HeaderView. and use #import for the custom cell.