How do I make my iOS7 UITableViewController NOT appear under the top status bar?

Question

My root controller is a TabBarController (tabbed application). One of the tabs, is a UITableViewController. When I switch to that and scroll through the items, they show up

Answer 1

suppose your table's @IBOutlet is

 @IBOutlet var tableView: UITableView!

create a function prepareTable(). add the below line into that method

tableView.contentInset.top = UIApplication.shared.statusBarFrame.height

call this method from ViewDidLoad()