Adjusting uitableview height

Question

I'm creating a simple application with uitableview. I want to create everything in code. I used following code:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];

    FBVCalendarViewController *calendarViewController = [[FBVCalendarViewController alloc] init];

    self.window.rootViewController = calendarViewController;
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
    return YES;
}

...

- (void)loadView
{
    UITableView *calendarItems = [[UITableView alloc] init];
    self.view = calendarItems;
}

it works, but application fills the entire phone screen intersecting with standard phone title bar.

What is the right way to adjust view height?

this is part of the new iOS 7 stye, as mentioned you need to read tutorials — Simon McLoughlin, May 28 '14 at 12:53
please read this first http://www.appcoda.com/ios-programming-tutorial-create-a-simple-table-view-app/ — Gajendra Rawat, May 28 '14 at 12:56
Why don't you want to use xibs? Either way, you can use auto layout to constrain your views, but alas that requires more tutorials. — jervine10, May 28 '14 at 13:02
What is the reason behind not wanting to use XIBs or Storyboards? They are recommended by Apple even. — Fogmeister, May 28 '14 at 13:53
Currently my view only contains one tableview and I don't want to introduce additional complexity with XIB. Also I want to better understand how UIKit works. — vbezhenar, May 28 '14 at 14:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 28 '14 at 14:10

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Since UITableView inherits from UIScrollView, you should take care of the changes appeared with IOS 7.

A solution to your problem is:

 if ([self respondsToSelector:@selector(setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate)]) {

        [self setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];
        self.automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets = NO;
    }

(this will keep the table view below the status bar).

Hope that helps. But you should probably have a look at changes introduced with IOS 7.

edited May 28 '14 at 14:10

Benjamin Trent

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answered May 28 '14 at 13:50

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I tried to add this code in the end of the loadView or viewDidLoad but nothing changed. – vbezhenar May 28 '14 at 14:10
Could you try adding self.edgesForExtendedLayout=UIRectEdgeNone; inside the if too ? – anamaria May 28 '14 at 14:17
Yes, but that didn't help too. – vbezhenar May 28 '14 at 14:21
Have a look here, something is weird with this view and I can't figure out what is it: [link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18900428/ios-7-uitableview-shows-under-status-bar) – anamaria May 28 '14 at 14:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '14 at 14:33

So I solved my problem with the following code in loadView:

- (void)loadView
{
    UITableView *calendarItems = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].applicationFrame];

    UIView *rootView = [[UIView alloc] init];
    [rootView addSubview:calendarItems];
    self.view = rootView;
}

I used empty UIView as a parent for tableView and changed constructor to explicitly specify UITableView frame. I think that better approach would be to use autolayout (currently it just does not work as expected when I rotate device) and position table view to the full screen or implement device rotation callback and update frame there.

Adjusting uitableview height

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