UITableView header/footer font color

Question

When overriding the header/footer of a (group styled) table view, what colour should be used for the header and footer fonts to ensure the header and footer fonts are consis

Answer 1

From this discussion

Here's the UILabel info for tableView headers on iOS 6:

Plain
fontName: Helvetica-Bold
pointSize: 18.000000
textColor: UIDeviceWhiteColorSpace 1 1
shadowColor: UIDeviceWhiteColorSpace 0 0.44
shadowOffset: CGSize 0 1


Grouped
fontName: Helvetica-Bold
pointSize: 17.000000
textColor: UIDeviceRGBColorSpace 0.298039 0.337255 0.423529 1
shadowColor: UIDeviceWhiteColorSpace 1 1
shadowOffset: CGSize 0 1

As for the background of the plain style header, that's a UIImage, not simply a backgroundColor. Notice the subtle vertical gradient.

hope it helps

Answer 2

This works for me (for the footer), with some fiddling of the CGFrame of the label, and its numberOfLines it might work for you to:

int height = [self tableView:table heightForFooterInSection:section];

UILabel *label = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, table.bounds.size.width - 20, height)] autorelease];
label.text              = [self tableView:table titleForFooterInSection:section];
label.textColor         = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.298 green:0.337 blue:0.423 alpha:1.000];
label.font              = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:15.0];
label.backgroundColor   = [UIColor clearColor];
label.shadowColor       = [UIColor whiteColor];
label.shadowOffset      = CGSizeMake(0, 1);
label.textAlignment     = UITextAlignmentCenter;
label.numberOfLines     = 2;