Adding iOS UITableView HeaderView (not section header)

UITableView has a tableHeaderView property. Set that to whatever view you want up there.

Use a new UIView as a container, add a text label and an image view to that new UIView, then set tableHeaderView to the new view.

For example, in a UITableViewController:

-(void)viewDidLoad
{
     // ...
     UIView *headerView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(XXX, YYY, XXX, YYY)];
     UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(XXX, YYY, XXX, YYY)];
     [headerView addSubview:imageView];
     UILabel *labelView = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(XXX, YYY, XXX, YYY)];
     [headerView addSubview:labelView];
     self.tableView.tableHeaderView = headerView;
     [imageView release];
     [labelView release];
     [headerView release];
     // ...
} 

You can do it pretty easy in Interface Builder. Just create a view with a table and drop another view onto the table. This will become the table header view. Add your labels and image to that view. See the pic below for the view hierarchy. View Hierarchy in Interface Builder


In Swift:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    // We set the table view header.
    let cellTableViewHeader = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(TableViewController.tableViewHeaderCustomCellIdentifier) as! UITableViewCell
    cellTableViewHeader.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.tableView.bounds.width, self.heightCache[TableViewController.tableViewHeaderCustomCellIdentifier]!)
    self.tableView.tableHeaderView = cellTableViewHeader

    // We set the table view footer, just know that it will also remove extra cells from tableview.
    let cellTableViewFooter = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(TableViewController.tableViewFooterCustomCellIdentifier) as! UITableViewCell
    cellTableViewFooter.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.tableView.bounds.width, self.heightCache[TableViewController.tableViewFooterCustomCellIdentifier]!)
    self.tableView.tableFooterView = cellTableViewFooter
}