Unfortunately I don't think there is an easy way to do this, other than some view hierarchy trickery. When the contentSize of your UITableView is less than the frame size, you assign the footer view to self.view and position manually. When the contentSize of your UITableView is greater than the frame size, you use viewForFooterInSection. Let me know if this isn't clear or if you'd like to see some sample code on how to do this.
