How can I set a UITableView to grouped style - ios

Question

I have a UITableViewController subclass with sections. The sections are showing with the default style (no rounded corners). How can I set the TableView style to grouped in the code? I'm not using Interface Builder for this, so I need something like
[self.tableView setGroupedStyle]
I searched on Stack Overflow, but couldn't come up with an answer.

Answer 1

You can do the following:
UITableView *myTable = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero style:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
Swift 3:
let tableView = UITableView.init(frame: CGRect.zero, style: .grouped)

Answer 2

If i understand what you mean, you have to initialize your controller with that style. Something like:
myTVContoller = [[UITableViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];

Answer 3

I give you my solution, I am working in "XIB mode", here the code of a subclass of a UITableViewController :
-(id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder
{
self = [super initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
return self;
}

Answer 4

Below code Worked for me, I am also using UITableview class
- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewStyle)style
{
self = [super initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
if (self)
{
}
return self;
}

Answer 5

If you are inheriting UITableViewController, you can just init tableView again.
Objective C:
self.tableView = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero style:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
Swift:
self.tableView = UITableView(frame: CGRect.zero, style: .grouped)

Answer 6

Setting that is not that hard as mentioned in the question. Actually it's pretty simple. Try this on storyboard.

Answer 7

Swift 4+:
let myTableViewController = UITableViewController(style: .grouped)

Answer 8

Swift 4
Using Normal TableView
let tableView = TableView(frame: .zero, style: .grouped)
Using TPKeyboardAvoidingTableView
let tableView = TPKeyboardAvoidingTableView(frame: .zero, style: .grouped)

Answer 9

If you create your UITableView in code, you can do the following:
class SettingsVC: UITableViewController {
init() {
if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
super.init(style: .insetGrouped)
} else {
super.init(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
}
}
#available(*, unavailable)
required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
}

Answer 10

For set grouped style in ui itself:-Select the TableView then change the "style"(in attribute inspector)) from plain to Grouped.

Answer 11

You can also do this if you want to use it on a subclass you've already created in a separate swift file (probably not 100% correct but works)
override init(style: UITableViewStyle) {
super.init(style: style)
UITableViewStyle.Grouped
}
required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
Now in you appdelegate.swift you can call:
let settingsController = SettingsViewController(style: .Grouped)

Answer 12

You can do this with using storyboard/XIB also
Go To storyboard -> Select your viewController -> Select your table
Select the "Style" property in interface-builder
Select the "Grouped"
Done

Answer 13

If you have one TableView for more tables, and one of this tables is grouped and the another one plain, than you can simulate the plain style with the function from UITableViewDelegate:
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, heightForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat {
return CGFloat.min
}

Answer 14

swift 4
if you don't want use storyboard, this might be help.
you can add table view and set properties in a closure:
lazy var tableView: UITableView = {
let tableView = UITableView(frame: .zero, style: .grouped)
tableView.backgroundColor = UIColor(named: Palette.secondaryLight.rawValue)
tableView.rowHeight = 68
tableView.separatorStyle = .none
tableView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
return tableView
}()
then add in subview and set constraints.

Answer 15

If you're not using Storyboards and just want a clean, concise way to setup your UITableViewController subclass to use a different tableView style, you can simply override loadView like this:
override func loadView() {
let tableView = UITableView(frame: .zero, style: .grouped)
tableView.delegate = self
tableView.dataSource = self
view = tableView
}
As the documentation says:
loadView creates the view that the controller manages
it's a method you can ovveride when using ViewControllers whose views are not defined via Storyboards or NIBs.
The UITableViewController implementation already overrides this method for you to crate a simple, plain UITableView as the root view for the controller, but nothing stops you from further overriding it to create a table view that better suits your needs.
Just remember:
Your custom implementation of this method should not call super.

Answer 16

You can also try to make the separator line color clear which could give the grouped style effect:
[myTVContoller.tableView setSeparatorColor:[UIColor clearColor]];

Answer 17

You can use:
(instancetype)init {
return [[YourSubclassOfTableView alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
}

Answer 18

self.tableView.style = UITableViewStyleGrouped
EDIT:
Had assumed this was a read/write property. In that case, you can either follow Dimitris advice and set the style when you instantiate the controller, or (if you're using a XIB), you can set it via IB.