UITableView always in plain mode though defined otherwise in the XIB - ios

Question

I've created a UITableView using the presets using the UITableViewController option in the New File dialog. I set the style to grouped using the Interface Builder.
However, the table always shows up in plain style.
The data source consists of two sections with two items each and a section header. It all shows up OK, but the style is wrong. Via NSLog I validated that the style is really set to plain at runtime. Am I missing something?
EDIT: Here my code. As I mentioned the NSLog calls return the expected values.
#implementation EventTableView
#synthesize tableView = _tableView;
- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewStyle)style
{
self = [super initWithStyle:style];
return self;
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
}
#pragma mark - View lifecycle
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
[[self navigationItem] setTitle:#"Events"];
self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = YES;
NSLog(#"Table view style: %#.", (self.tableView.style == UITableViewStylePlain ? #"Plain" : #"Grouped"));
}
- (void)viewDidUnload
{
[super viewDidUnload];
}
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
}
- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
}
- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillDisappear:animated];
}
- (void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewDidDisappear:animated];
}
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
// Return YES for supported orientations
return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}
#pragma mark - Table view data source
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
if (_appDelegate == nil) {
_appDelegate = (MyAppDelegate *) [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
}
return _appDelegate.model.eventSections.count;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
Section* eventSection = [_appDelegate.model.eventSections objectAtIndex:section];
NSInteger result = [eventSection getCountAsInteger];
if (eventSection != nil && result >= 0) {
NSLog(#"Got %d rows in event section %d.", result, section);
return result;
} else {
NSLog(#"Can't get event section row count. Defaulting to 0.");
return 0;
}
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"EventCell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
}
// Configure the cell...
cell.textLabel.text = #"Test";
return cell;
}
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
Section* eventSection = [_appDelegate.model.eventSections objectAtIndex:section];
return eventSection.name;
}
#pragma mark - Table view delegate
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSLog(#"Pressed row...");
}
#end
EDIT: To help things, I included a screenshot of the Interface Builder (style set to group).

Answer 1

Updated:
Find
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame style:(UITableViewStyle)style
in your controller, set there style = UITableViewStyleGrouped; before calling to super

Answer 2

If you don't have any code somewhere that calls the - (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewStyle)style method of your view with the wrong style (which I kind of expect),
you could rewrite your init method to
- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewStyle)style
{
self = [super initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
return self;
}
First, though, you might try to ensure that you've saved your .xib in Xcode, clean and rebuild your app, so that you're sure that your changes are what's actually running on the device/simulator.

Answer 3

That's really crazy. I found a kind of a work around.
I added a standard UIViewController and implemented the protocols UITableViewDelegate and UITableViewDataSource on it.
In the XIB/NIB I removed the standard UIView and added a UITableView. I connected the view's outlets datasource and delegate to the File Owner object and the File Owner's view outlet to the UITableView.
Now I am able to set the style of the table to grouped. Everything works great so far. However, I don't get what's really different to using a UITableViewController...