iOS How can I know which TableView?

Read the reference docs for UITableView and look for the tableHeaderView property.

Also look for UITableViewStylePlain and how it causes section headers to float, as described in the "Overview" subsection of the reference doc.

mikezang said:

Thanks! I never found a sample to use this property.

Where do I set the header? in viewDidLoad? or in

Code:

-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

Where can I find a sample code to use this property?

Then I have a couple of cells in row, how can I set tableheader with multiple cells?

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What have you tried?

Seriously, describe what you've tried (search terms, whatever), because it was trivial to find an example and explanation simply by googling for UITableView tableHeaderView.

If you're having this much trouble simply finding things, then you need to explain exactly how you're trying to find things. Coming here for every little thing is not an effective strategy in the long term. You need to learn how to find things effectively by yourself.

There may be technical reasons why you're not finding what I found so simply. That's why you should explain exactly what you're doing.


A tableHeader is a UIView, so you can make it be anything that fits in a UIView. Did you read the doc? If you know the basics of UIView, then what to do should be obvious. It's the most basic pattern in programming: Composition. That is, building up by assembling smaller simpler components into composite structures.

If you're looking for me to provide a step-by-step complete example, I won't. Once again, you need to explain your search strategy for finding things. If everything you do needs someone to give you a complete sample on demand, then your strategy is flawed. You need to be more self-sufficient, either by learning how to write code without a complete sample, or by learning how to effectively search for samples.

mikezang said:

I googled "how to use uitableview tableheaderview to float", but I couldn't find useful information.

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You're using too many words.

Also, the words are unrelated. A tableHeaderView is not the element that floats. Section headers float. Read the reference docs.

If you remove the "to float", you should find an example at Cocoa With Love.


How to change your search strategy to be more effective:

1. Start with fewer words.
2. If results are too general, add a relevant word. It's an error to add an irrelevant word.
3. If results are poor quality, try removing a word. Remove less significant words first (such as "float", "use", etc.)
4. Don't stop after one search. Add or remove words.
5. Add the word "sample", "example", or "source" if you are looking for example code.

You should learn which words are relevant by reading the reference docs. That's where you should always start, so you know what terms are relevant for searching.

mikezang said:

In fact, in many case, I ask here after I searched google and without a good result. But you're right, my search words might be not good enough, many times I used too words, I will try in simple key words.

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When you ask a question here, post the search terms you used. This tells us what you tried. If we see problems with your search terms, then we can suggest improvements. If you don't tell us your search terms, and they are giving you poor results, then you'll never be able to improve them and become more independent.

It's the same process as when someone says their code doesn't work, but doesn't post their code. We have no way of knowing where the problem in the code is, because we can't see the code that has the problem.

All of programming is problem-solving. An important part of solving problems is searching for existing information about solving problems. If that searching process has a problem, then you can't solve the programming problem you started to search for. This may seem obvious or even trivial, but in the long run it's fundamental. That fundamental skill is learning how to learn.