how to retrieve all visible table section header views

Question

is there a way to get all the section header views that are visible?

something similar to UITableView\'s visibleCells instance method..

Answer 1

A UITableView extension that gives you the visibleHeaderViews based on @OhadM answer (https://stackoverflow.com/a/45525595/5058116), but which checks on potential nil values.

extension UITableView {

    /// The section header views that are visible in the table view.
    var visibleHeaderViews: [UITableViewHeaderFooterView] {

        var headerViews = [UITableViewHeaderFooterView]()

        guard let indexPaths = indexPathsForVisibleRows else { return headerViews }

        for indexPath in indexPaths {
            if let headerView = headerView(forSection: indexPath.section) {
                headerViews.append(headerView)
            }
        }

        return headerViews

    }

}