Add button overlay on UITableViewController with use static cells - ios

Question

I try to add button overlay on UITableViewController with static cells. But i get this result, button is working, but i not see result of search:
I'm trying to get this result:
I want to button was always at the bottom regardless of scrolling up or down.
In my code i use framework InstantSearch:
import UIKit
import InstantSearch
import WARangeSlider
class SearchTableViewController: UITableViewController {
#IBOutlet weak var resultButton: StatsButtonWidget!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
resultButton.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 150, height: 60)
navigationController?.view.addSubview(resultButton)
InstantSearch.shared.registerAllWidgets(in: self.view)
LayoutHelpers.setupResultButton(button: resultButton)
resultButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(resultButtonClicked), for: .touchUpInside)
}
}
How can i add button overlay on bottom in UITableViewController? Me need use only UITableViewController, not UIViewController with TableView.

Answer 1

You could directly add the button to the UITableView without AutoLayout, and make sure TableView's delegate is the controller, like:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.button.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: self.tableView.frame.size.height - 50, width: self.tableView.frame.width, height: 50)
self.tableView.addSubview(self.button)
self.tableView.delegate = self
}
Then you are able to fix the button's position by UIScrollView delegate (UITableViewDelegate inherited from this) while TableView is scrolling:
public func scrollViewDidScroll(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
if (scrollView == self.tableView) {
let originY = scrollView.frame.size.height - self.button.frame.size.height + scrollView.contentOffset.y
self.button.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: originY, width: scrollView.frame.width, height: self.button.frame.size.height)
}
}
Alternatively, if you want to position the button by AutoLayout, just define a NSLayoutConstraint property, and bind it to button's bottom space constraint to its super view. Then adjust the constraint's constant value by same mechanism in scrollViewDidScroll function.

Answer 2

You can just add an view at the bottom of your tableview.
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
addResultButtonView()
}
private func addResultButtonView() {
let resultButton = UIButton()
resultButton.backgroundColor = .red
resultButton.setTitle("Hello", for: .normal)
tableView.addSubview(resultButton)
// set position
resultButton.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
resultButton.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: tableView.safeAreaLayoutGuide.leftAnchor).isActive = true
resultButton.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: tableView.safeAreaLayoutGuide.rightAnchor).isActive = true
resultButton.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: tableView.safeAreaLayoutGuide.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
resultButton.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: tableView.safeAreaLayoutGuide.widthAnchor).isActive = true
resultButton.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 50).isActive = true // specify the height of the view
}