Add UIView Above All Section in UITableView Swift - ios

Question

i am not talking about a section i want put a uiview on the above of every section
This is the layout
here Menu and LeftOver are uiView
Staters and new are sections

Answer 1

What you're looking for is a section header. You can easily configure your own custom view by implementing the UITableViewDataSource method
For example:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView? {
let headerView = UIView()
// configure view, note the method gives you the section to help this process
return headerView
}
you may also want to implement this function
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat {
return 50 // or whatever it is
}
Do keep in mind that header are sticky be default
in the past I've gotten around this fairly easily doing something like this:
let dummyViewHeight = CGFloat(49) // height of header (set in storyboard)
self.tableView.tableHeaderView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.tableView.bounds.size.width, height: dummyViewHeight))
self.tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: -dummyViewHeight, left: 0, bottom: 0, right: 0)
which basically just makes the table header "stick" to this inset on top of the table. (unless you really do want it hovering over the section at the top)
Edit:
Given the OP considers this "not satisfying" I'm like 99% confident when I say the ONLY other reasonable option (if you don't wan't to use section header or footer views) is to then make a new UITableViewCell subclass. Then that new subclass would appears at the top of each section.
So in the cellForIndexPath: method you'd check if indexPath.row == 0and if so dequeue a cell with a different identifier. That way the header just becomes a cell that is built differently.
If you're doing it programmatically just be sure to register that cell (tableView.register(MyNewHeaderCellSubclass.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "MyNewHeaderCellSubclass")) or otherwise go to the table view on the storyboard and toggle the option for two types of dynamic cell classes.
The section header is exactly what this use case is for however. I cant think of any other solution without just abandoning UITableView completely which I think would be a big mistake. Good luck to you otherwise if so.