How do I “hide” a UIRefreshControl?

Question

Occasionally my table view won\'t be connected to a service to refresh, and in that case, I don\'t want the UIRefreshControl to be present.

After I add it in viewDid

Answer 1

You can not remove the UIRefreshControl using setEnabled:NO,so to this you have to remove it from it's superview.I have tried a sample using Reachability class provided by Apple.

To add UIRefreshControl you can use this:

UIRefreshControl *refContr=[[UIRefreshControl alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 20, 20)];
        [refContr setTintColor:[UIColor blueColor]];
        [refContr setBackgroundColor:[UIColor greenColor]];

    [self.view addSubview:refContr];
    [refContr setAutoresizingMask:(UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleRightMargin|UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin)];        
    [refContr addTarget:self action:@selector(refresh:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];

Then Implemented reachability class notification :

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(reachabilityChanged:) name:kReachabilityChangedNotification object:nil];

You can do it by using bool flag to check the connectivity ,Here i'm providing this example using reachability class by apple to check my connectivity.

switch (netStatus)
{
    case NotReachable:        {

         for (UIRefreshControl *subView in [myView subviews]) {
             if ([subview isKindOfClass:[UIRefreshControl class]]) {
                 [subView removeFromSuperview];
             }
         }
          //or you could use [UIRefreshControl setHidden:YES];

          connectionRequired = YES;
          break;
    }

    case ReachableViaWiFi:        {
         for (UIRefreshControl *subView in [myView subviews]) {
             if ([subview isKindOfClass:[UIRefreshControl class]]) {
                 [subview removeFromSuperview];
             }else{
               [self.view addSubview:refContr];
         }
         //or you could use [UIRefreshControl setHidden:NO];
        break;
    }
} 

Hope this will work for you.