Remove empty space before cells in UITableView

Question

I am currently trying to put a UITableView in a different location rather than at the top of my view controller. With this said, it is trying to add the header

Answer 1

Was having the same issue. I solved it by adding the following to viewDidLoad.

self.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = true

Answer 2

In my case I was using a container view.(Main View --> Contaner View --> UITableView)

The extra space at the top, I think, is like space of the device notification bar (where the time is displayed, the battery). I really do, it's not an assumption.

What I did was from the UI Builder:

• select the Table View Controller complete
• Open Attributes inspector
• Go to -> View Controller -> Layout -> "Select Wants Full Screen"

Answer 3

In my case, i was using ContainerViewController and putting UITableViewController in it. After removing ContainerViewController. Issues goes away.

Answer 4

In 2017, what is working for me is simply this one line

navigationController?.navigationBar.isTranslucent = false

I have no idea why that would even affect it. Perhaps someone could explain. But I'm pretty sure this is the answer most people would look for.

Answer 5

NONE of the above helped me. but doing this did help:

self.tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(-64, 0, 0, 0)

instead of '-64' you can put any other number depending on the height of your navigation bar.

Answer 6

As long as UITableView is not the first subview of the view controller, the empty space will not appear.

Solution: Add a hidden/clear view object (views, labels, button, etc.) as the first subview of the view controller (at the same level as the UITableView but before it).