tableView section headers disappear SWIFT - ios

Question

I have a tableView set up so that when a cell is touched, it expands in height to reveal more information. The tableView has 5 sections.
I have a bug: when a cell expands, all headersCells below that cell go invisible. The console outputs the following: "[31233:564745] no index path for table cell being reused"
In my storyboard I have 2 custom cells : "myCell" for the data bearing cells, and "headerCell" for the headers.
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
let thisGoal : GoalModel = goalArray[indexPath.section][indexPath.row]
if self.currentPath != nil && self.currentPath == indexPath {
self.currentPath = nil
} else {
self.currentPath = indexPath
}
tableView.beginUpdates()
tableView.endUpdates()
}
If I enter tableView.reloadData() in between the begin/end updates, it functions properly, although the header background turns black, and loses animation.
I have all of the stuff for headers declared in: func tableView(tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView?
what am I missing? I'd really like the tableView to still have animations, and keep the background clearColor().
Thanks in advance. I did read through the objective C answers, but couldn't get them to work for me. I'd really appreciate some SWIFT help.
I think the problem is the no index path for table cell being reused.

Answer 1

I found an answer in the console output. Use this code in the header function:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView?
Do not return your headerCell, or your reusable identifier. Return the reuseIdentifier.contentView. For me it's: return headerCell!.contentView.

Answer 2

Just to add, I was baffled for WAY longer than I should have been as to why I couldn't refer to the contentView of my cell, when I could quite clearly see it was there. My custom class (using UITableViewCell rather than UITableViewHeaderFooterView) would return a fatal error each time. Therefore make sure any custom styling is setup under UITableViewHeaderFooterView class like:
class CustomHeaderCell: UITableViewHeaderFooterView {
You will also need to register the resuableIdentifer like this:
tableView.registerNib(UINib(nibName: "HeaderCell", bundle: nil), forHeaderFooterViewReuseIdentifier: "CellHeader")
Then this bad boy:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView? {
let headerCell = tableView.dequeueReusableHeaderFooterViewWithIdentifier("CellHeader") as! CustomHeaderCell!
return headerCell!.contentView
}

Answer 3

Since I'm not at 50 reputation yet, I can't comment on the previous answer, so I apologize for listing this as another answer.
Returning the ContentView will make the function work but will remove all formatting done to the reuseIdentifier (headerCell)
headerCell.backgroundColor = UIColor.cyanColor()
This will NOT provide a Cyan color to your headerCell
To fix this, just add the ".contentView" to your formatting lines
headerCell.contentView.backgroundColor = UIColor.cyanColor()

Answer 4

Table view headers in 2 tables disappeared when I converted my app to IOS 10 - I found the reason in Apple developer API documentation on table headers. When I added the following, the missing headers reappeared!
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat
{
return 44 // where 44 is the header cell view height in my storyboard
}

Answer 5

You could wrap the TableViewCell inside an UIView
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView? {
let containerView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: tableView.frame.size.width, height: 50)) // 50 = Header height
guard let headerCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "MyHeaderView") as? MyHeaderView else { fatalError(" Failed to load MyHeaderView") }
headerCell.frame = containerView.bounds
containerView.addSubview(headerCell)
return containerView
}

Answer 6

I had the same bug because I was returning a cell using dequeue method instead of a UITableViewHeaderFooterView.
Solution:
Add a view outside of the view hierarchy
Set the type to UITableViewHeaderFooterView
Customize
Link to an #IBOutlet
In func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView? return the outlet
Common pitfalls:
Don't forget to set the header sizes
Don't forget to set the outlet as strong.