How to animate the height change of an section header in UITableView?

Question

I\'ve implemented this method to return the section header height. However, when the height for the section changes, it happens immediately without animation.

Answer 1

My solution in Swift:

class MyTableViewController: UITableViewController {

var sectionHeaderView:UIView?

...

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView? {

    sectionHeaderView = UIView(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, self.tableView.frame.size.width, 30))
    sectionHeaderView?.backgroundColor = UIColor.grayColor()

    var button = UIButton(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, self.tableView.frame.size.width, 30))
    button.backgroundColor = UIColor.darkGrayColor()
    button.setTitle("collapse/expand", forState: .Normal)
    button.addTarget(self, action: "collapseOrExpandSectionHeader", forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)

    sectionHeaderView?.addSubview(button)

    return sectionHeaderView
}

...

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, heightForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat {

    if let sectionHeader = sectionHeaderView {
        return view.frame.size.height
    } else {
        return 30.0
    }
}

...

func collapseOrExpandSectionHeader() {

    if let sectionHeader = sectionHeaderView {

        let headerHeight:CGFloat

        if sectionHeader.frame.size.height == 200 {
            headerHeight = 30.0
        } else {
            headerHeight = 200.0
        }

        UIView.animateWithDuration(0.3, animations: {
            self.tableView?.beginUpdates()
            sectionHeader.frame.size.height = headerHeight
            self.tableView?.endUpdates()
        } )
    }
}