Customize UITableView header section
You can try this:
-(UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, tableView.frame.size.width, 18)];
/* Create custom view to display section header... */
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 5, tableView.frame.size.width, 18)];
[label setFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12]];
NSString *string =[list objectAtIndex:section];
/* Section header is in 0th index... */
[label setText:string];
[view addSubview:label];
[view setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:166/255.0 green:177/255.0 blue:186/255.0 alpha:1.0]]; //your background color...
return view;
}
The selected answer using tableView :viewForHeaderInSection:
is correct.
Just to share a tip here.
If you are using storyboard/xib, then you could create another prototype cell and use it for your "section cell". The code to configure the header is similar to how you configure for row cells.
- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
static NSString *HeaderCellIdentifier = @"Header";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:HeaderCellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:HeaderCellIdentifier];
}
// Configure the cell title etc
[self configureHeaderCell:cell inSection:section];
return cell;
}
Swift version of Lochana Tejas answer:
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView? {
let view = UIView(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, tableView.frame.size.width, 18))
let label = UILabel(frame: CGRectMake(10, 5, tableView.frame.size.width, 18))
label.font = UIFont.systemFontOfSize(14)
label.text = list.objectAtIndex(indexPath.row) as! String
view.addSubview(label)
view.backgroundColor = UIColor.grayColor() // Set your background color
return view
}
If you use default header view you can only change the text on it with
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
For Swift:
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, titleForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> String? {
If you want to customize the view you need to create a new one your self.
why not use UITableViewHeaderFooterView?