IOS: ActivityIndicator over UITableView… How to?

Question

i want display an activity indicator over a uitableview while it\'s loading data (in another thread). So in the ViewDidLoad method of the UITableViewController:

Answer 1

[IOS 8+] The above does not work for me. Instead I store the indicator view (ac) in the class. Then I do:

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    if (ac.isAnimating)
        return 50.0f;
    return 0.0f;
}

- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    if (ac.isAnimating)
        return ac;
    return nil;
}

For showing the indicatorview I do

[ac startAnimating]

For hiding it, I do

[ac stopAnimating]