Edit static tableView cell sections - ios

Question

I have a static tableView with some custom cells. What I wan't to do is change the section titles programmatically. As far as I know, because the cells are static, I can't use methods like cellForRowAtIndexPath and so on, so my question is, is it possibly to change them like.
self.tableView.section1.text = #"title1"; // something like this?
I've tried to create an IBOutlet of the section but I get the following error:
Unknown type name 'UITableViewSection': did you mean 'UITableViewStyle?'
What I can do is edit the content of the cells, but not the header.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Use viewForHeaderInSection method.
- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
UILabel *label1 = [[UILabel alloc] init];
label1.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 190, 20);
label1.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
// label1.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica Bold" size:16];
[label1 setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Arial-BoldMT" size:14]];
label1.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
label1.text =[NSString stringWithFormat:#"Title %d",section];
// If your title are inside an Array then Use Below Code
label1.text =[titleArray objectAtindex:section];
label1.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
label1.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 30)];
[view addSubview:label1];
view.backgroundColor = [UIColor orangeColor];
return view;
}
if You want to use titleForHeaderInSection then use below code.
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Title %d",section];
// If your title are inside an Array then Use Below Code
return [titleArray objectAtindex:section];
}

Answer 2

You can use the UITableViewDelegate Protocol method tableview:titleForHeaderInSection:
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
NSString *sectionTitle = #"";
switch (section) {
case 0: sectionTitle = #"Section 1"; break;
case 1: sectionTitle = #"Section 2"; break;
case 2: sectionTitle = #"Section 3"; break;
default:
break;
}
return sectionTitle;
}
Make sure you declare your <UITableViewDelegate> in your .h file:
#interface SettingsViewController : UITableViewController <UITableViewDelegate> {
}

Answer 3

If you need to change the headers when the view is displayed 'live' you can do so like this:
int sectionNumber = 0;
[self.tableView headerViewForSection:sectionNumber].textLabel.text = #"Foo Bar";
But doing so doesn't seem to change the size of the label frame. I just made mine larger in advance. More details here.