Last static cell separator line appears after reloading table view - ios

Question

I'm using code below to get rid of last static cell bottom separator line and it works perfectly for cases when I don't need to reload tableView. Once I reload my tableView separator line appears.
Only code in super VC:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let footerFrame = CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width:
tableView.frame.size.width, height: 1.0)
tableView.tableFooterView = UIView(frame: footerFrame)
}
And after calling:
fileprivate func showDatePicker()
{
datePicker.setValue(UIColor.white, forKey: "textColor")
showsDatePicker = true
tableView.beginUpdates()
tableView.endUpdates()
tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: -20.0, left: 0.0,
bottom: 0.0, right: 0.0)
}
in my child's tableView(didSelectRowAt indexPath:_) I'm just changing the cell's height with date picker in:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
guard showsDatePicker else {
switch indexPath.row {
case CellIndex.withDatePicker:
return 0.0
default:
return 44.0
}
}
switch indexPath.row {
case CellIndex.withDatePicker:
return 217.0
default:
return 44.0
}
}
and after that I have separator line drawn! Maybe it's because of STATIC cells usage and the only way is to add blank views to each viewController in storyboard? Replacing tableView.tableFooterView = UIView() to viewDid/WillLayoutSubviews causes empty screen effect. I don't want to add a blank view to all my controllers in the storyboards, maybe there is a way to do it programmatically?

Answer 1

Before displaying your last cell.
if indexPath.row == Your_last_Cell {
cell.separatorInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, cell.bounds.size.width, 0, 0);
}
create footer with minimum height:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView,
heightForFooterInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat{
// This will create a "invisible" footer
return 0.01f; //CGFLOAT_MIN
}
OR
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView,
viewForFooterInSection section: Int) -> UIView?{
UIView(frame: CGRectZero)
}

Answer 2

My approach to attain this result is as follows,
In your viewDidLoad function,
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Add this line
yourTableView.tableFooterView = UIView()
}
Define the number of sections for the table view
func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 2
}
And in your cellForRowAtIndexPath Function,
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
var cell: UITableViewCell?
switch indexPath.section {
case 0:
cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("yourfirstcell")
if indexPath.row == yourLastRowIndex {
self.separatorInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, self.bounds.size.width, 0, 0)
}
case 1:
cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("yoursecondcell")
default:
break
}
return cell!
}
This approach will help you.