iPhone UITableView with a header area

Question

I have a view that was created with all of the default UITableView stuff, but now I need to add a header area above where the UITableView is (so th

Answer 1

You can use UITableViewDelegate methods to create a custom header view for a table and specify the height, namely tableView:viewForHeaderInSection: and tableView:heightForHeaderInSection:. You can add whatever you like to the view. Here's an example that adds a right aligned UILabel:

- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {

    UIView *headerView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,tableView.frame.size.width,30)];

    UILabel *headerLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(60, 0, headerView.frame.size.width-120.0, headerView.frame.size.height)];

    headerLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentRight;
    headerLabel.text = [titleArray objectAtIndex:section];
    headerLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

    [headerView addSubview:headerLabel];

    return headerView;

}

-(CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {

    return  30.0;
}