iOS tableviewheader subview not shown - ios

Question

I use a UITableView and I want to setup a text at the beginning.
My code is:
UIView *tableHeaderView = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, self.tableView.frame.size.width, 20.0)];
tableHeaderView.backgroundColor = [UIColor groupTableViewBackgroundColor];
UILabel *tableHeaderLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(15.0,0,tableHeaderView.frame.size.width-15.0,tableHeaderView.frame.size.height)];
tableHeaderLabel.text = #"Countries";
if([UIFont respondsToSelector:#selector(preferredFontForTextStyle:)])
tableHeaderLabel.font = [UIFont preferredFontForTextStyle:UIFontTextStyleHeadline];
else
tableHeaderLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:14.0];
[tableHeaderView addSubview:tableHeaderLabel];
self.tableView.tableHeaderView = tableHeaderView;
[tableHeaderView bringSubviewToFront:tableHeaderLabel];
[tableHeaderLabel release];
[tableHeaderView release];
The problem is that the text isn't shown.
If I suppress the backgroundColor of the main header view, or if I replace it with a transparent one as if the Label awas under the main header view.
So I added the line:
[tableHeaderView bringSubviewToFront:tableHeaderLabel];
but this doesn't fix the issue.
I can't use the Label directly as the tableViewHeaderView directly becaus I want to left space at the left of the text.
Anybody have an idea to help me?
Thanks.

Answer 1

The only problem you have here is a typo in the first line, initialized an UIView wrongly as an UILabel. The compiler will not compliant as UILabel is a subclass of UIView.
I ran the following code and it worked as expected: (The code is for ARC, if you are not using it, don't forget to do the release!)
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
UIView *tableHeaderView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0,
self.tableView.frame.size.width,
20.0)];
tableHeaderView.backgroundColor = [UIColor groupTableViewBackgroundColor];
UILabel *tableHeaderLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(15.0, 0,
tableHeaderView.frame.size.width - 15.0,
tableHeaderView.frame.size.height)];
tableHeaderLabel.text = #"Countries";
tableHeaderView.backgroundColor = [UIColor groupTableViewBackgroundColor];
if([UIFont respondsToSelector:#selector(preferredFontForTextStyle:)]) {
tableHeaderLabel.font = [UIFont preferredFontForTextStyle:UIFontTextStyleHeadline];
} else {
tableHeaderLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:14.0];
}
[tableHeaderView addSubview:tableHeaderLabel];
self.tableView.tableHeaderView = tableHeaderView;
}