How to get the size of a UITableView's content view?

Question

I would like to get the size of a UITableView\'s content view when the table is populated. Any suggestions on how to do this?

Answer 1

Here's a utility method that does it the hard way. The negligible advantage is there's no need to call [tableView layoutIfNeeded].

#define CGSizesMaxWidth(sz1, sz2)             MAX((sz1).width, (sz2).width)
#define CGSizesAddHeights(sz1, sz2)           (sz1).height + (sz2).height

+ (CGSize)sizeForTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
    CGSize tableViewSize = CGSizeMake(0, 0);
    NSInteger numberOfSections = [tableView numberOfSections];
    for (NSInteger section = 0; section < numberOfSections; section++) {
        // Factor in the size of the section header
        CGRect rect = [tableView rectForHeaderInSection:section];
        tableViewSize = CGSizeMake(CGSizesMaxWidth(tableViewSize, rect.size), CGSizesAddHeights(tableViewSize, rect.size));

        // Factor in the size of the section
        rect = [tableView rectForSection:section];
        tableViewSize = CGSizeMake(CGSizesMaxWidth(tableViewSize, rect.size), CGSizesAddHeights(tableViewSize, rect.size));

        // Factor in the size of the footer
        rect = [tableView rectForFooterInSection:section];
        tableViewSize = CGSizeMake(CGSizesMaxWidth(tableViewSize, rect.size), CGSizesAddHeights(tableViewSize, rect.size));
    }
    return tableViewSize;
}