Changing Font Size For UITableView Section Headers

Question

Can someone please instruct me on the easiest way to change the font size for the text in a UITableView section header?

I have the section titles implemented using t

Answer 1

While mosca1337's answer is a correct solution, be careful with that method. For a header with text longer than one line, you will have to perform the calculations of the height of the header in tableView:heightForHeaderInSection: which can be cumbersome.

A much preferred method is to use the appearance API:

[[UILabel appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UITableViewHeaderFooterView class], nil] setFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:28]];

This will change the font, while still leaving the table to manage the heights itself.

For optimal results, subclass the table view, and add it to the containment chain (in appearanceWhenContainedIn:) to make sure the font is only changed for the specific table views.