Adjusting uitableview height - ios

Question

I'm creating a simple application with uitableview. I want to create everything in code. I used following code:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
FBVCalendarViewController *calendarViewController = [[FBVCalendarViewController alloc] init];
self.window.rootViewController = calendarViewController;
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}
...
- (void)loadView
{
UITableView *calendarItems = [[UITableView alloc] init];
self.view = calendarItems;
}
it works, but application fills the entire phone screen intersecting with standard phone title bar.
What is the right way to adjust view height?

Answer 1

Since UITableView inherits from UIScrollView, you should take care of the changes appeared with IOS 7.
A solution to your problem is:
if ([self respondsToSelector:#selector(setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate)]) {
[self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];
self.automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets = NO;
}
(this will keep the table view below the status bar).
Hope that helps. But you should probably have a look at changes introduced with IOS 7.

Answer 2

So I solved my problem with the following code in loadView:
- (void)loadView
{
UITableView *calendarItems = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].applicationFrame];
UIView *rootView = [[UIView alloc] init];
[rootView addSubview:calendarItems];
self.view = rootView;
}
I used empty UIView as a parent for tableView and changed constructor to explicitly specify UITableView frame. I think that better approach would be to use autolayout (currently it just does not work as expected when I rotate device) and position table view to the full screen or implement device rotation callback and update frame there.