How to add a title to a section in a UITableView? - ios

Question

I have looked all over the show but cannot find how to simply define my own section title.. So far I have tried this.
- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
}
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return 20;
}
from what I have read these are the two delegate you need to add your own title.. so I am woundering what goes in the tableView:viewForHeaderInSection:
I have tried
if (section == 0){
return #"header one";
}
but that didn't cut the mustard.. any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

If you just want a title, override this method in UITableViewDataSource, rather than the two you have mentioned above.
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section

Answer 2

Following will help you out.
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
return 1;
}
- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
UIView *av=[[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 22)] autorelease];
NSString * weekdayString = [self getDayFromDate:testDate];
UILabel *lblStr = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(40, 2, 100, 20)];
lblStr.text = #"header one";
lblStr.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
lblStr.textColor=[UIColor whiteColor];
lblStr.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:15];
[av addSubview:lblStr];
[lblStr release];
}
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableViewheightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return 40;
}

Answer 3

- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
Expects you to return a object that is a UIView, such as a UIView itself or something like a UILabel.
So what you could do is return a UILabel which then contains your header. Example:
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] init];
[label setText:#"Section 0"];
[label autorelease];
return label;
Alternatively you could style up a whole view in the interface builder and alloc, init and return that.
If you're looking for just basic text, then gamozzii's answer is what you are looking for.

Answer 4

Simply use this :
//This is the delegate method which you are missing in TableView.
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
if (section == 0){
return #"header one";
}
}
whereas if you wish to add the View in the Header or want to do the custom things, then you need to use this delegate method:
- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section;