All existing solutions don't work for me on iOS 8 when there are not enough rows to fill the tableView since iOS will adjust the inset automatically in this situation. (Existing answers are good when there are enough rows though)
After wasting like 6 hours on this issue, I finally got this solution.
In short, you need to insert empty cells into the tableView if there are not enough cells, so the content size of the tableView is big enough that iOS won't adjust the inset for you.
Here is how I did it in Swift:
1.) declare a variable minimumCellNum as a class property
var minimumCellNum: Int?
2.) calculate minimumCellNum and set tableView.contentOffset in viewWillAppear
let screenHeight = Int(UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.height)
// 101 = Height of Status Bar(20) + Height of Navigation Bar(44) + Height of Tab Bar(49)
// you may need to subtract the height of other custom views from the screenHeight. For example, the height of your section headers.
self.minimumCellNum = (screenHeight - 103 - heightOfOtherCustomView) / heightOfYourCell
self.tableView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(0, 44)
3.) in tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int))
let numOfYourRows = YOUR LOGIC
if numOfYourRows > minimumCellNum {
return numOfYourRows
} else {
return minimumCellNum!
}
4.) Register an empty cell, whose selection attribute is None, on the storyboard and in tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath)
if indexPath.row < numOfYourRows {
return YOUR CUSTOM CELL
} else {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("EmptyCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! UITableViewCell
return cell
}
5.) in tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath)
if tableView == self.tableView {
if numOfYourRows < (indexPath.row + 1) {
return
}
YOUR LOGIC OF SELECTING A CELL
}
This is not a perfect solution, but it's the only workaround that really works for me on iOS 8. I'd like to know if there is a neater solution.
