Ios – UITableView clear background

iosuitableview

I realize that iOS 7 has not officially been released and we should not discuss it BUT I am going crazy trying to figure out this problem. On iOS 6, my table view was transparent and looked great. First time running iOS 7, and the background is white.

I have tried making the table backgroundColor, cell color etc etc to UIColor clearColor but have no change.

How to fix this problem?

the table

Best Answer

    // Fix for iOS 7 to clear backgroundColor
    cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    cell.backgroundView = [[UIView new] autorelease];
    cell.selectedBackgroundView = [[UIView new] autorelease];

in cellForRowAtIndexPath

Also, make sure that your tableview actually has transparent background (in storyboard): enter image description here

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All you have to do is set the selection style on the UITableViewCell instance using either:

Objective-C:

cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;

[cell setSelectionStyle:UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone];

Swift 2:

cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.None

Swift 3 and 4.x:

cell.selectionStyle = .none

Further, make sure you either don't implement -tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath: in your table view delegate or explicitly exclude the cells you want to have no action if you do implement it.

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Ios – Eliminate extra separators below UITableView

Interface builder (iOS 9+)

Just drag a UIView to the table. In storyboard, it will sit at the top below your custom cells. You may prefer to name it "footer".

Here it is shown in green for clarity, you'd probably want clear color.

Note that by adjusting the height, you can affect how the "bottom bounce" of the table is handled, as you prefer. (Height zero is usually fine).

To do it programmatically:

Swift

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.tableView.tableFooterView = UIView()
}

Objective-C

iOS 6.1+

- (void)viewDidLoad 
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    // This will remove extra separators from tableview
    self.tableView.tableFooterView = [UIView new];
}

or if you prefer,

    self.tableView.tableFooterView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];

Historically in iOS:

Add to the table view controller...

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section {
     // This will create a "invisible" footer
     return CGFLOAT_MIN;
 }

and if necessary...

- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section
{        
    return [UIView new];

    // If you are not using ARC:
    // return [[UIView new] autorelease];
}