Fail to hide empty cells in UITableView Swift

Question

I'm using UITableView in a swift application, and using my own custom UITableViewCell.

When trying to hide the empty cells in the UITableView, its still have the white background.

Under the UITableView I have a background image (UImageView).

I'v already try to hide those cells, and actually they are hidden, but I still have a white background, using this code:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    var tblView =  UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0,y: 0,width: 0,height: 0))
    tblView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
    tableView.tableFooterView = tblView

    var nipName=UINib(nibName: "CustomCell", bundle:nil)
    self.tableView.registerNib(nipName, forCellReuseIdentifier: "CustomCell")
}

score 31 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '15 at 16:31

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A cleaner solution is:

tableView.tableFooterView = UIView(frame: CGRectZero)

Nothing else is needed.

answered Feb 28 '15 at 16:31

Jorge

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@user3210784 I believe perhaps this must be the accepted answer as it does the job with much less code than the accepted answer ? – Ashkan Kh. Nazary Sep 30 '15 at 11:53
absolutely correct answer. A little addition: you need to mention the IBOutlet for tableView to make this work. – pulp Dec 21 '15 at 21:09

score 25 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 09 '17 at 14:27

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Here Is the solution:

tableView.tableFooterView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 0, height: 0))
tableView.tableFooterView?.isHidden = true
tableView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear

edited Jan 09 '17 at 14:27

lesyk

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answered Jun 30 '14 at 17:58

user3210784

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`UIView does not have a member named 'hidden'` and that line isn't necessary anyway. – thefoyer Nov 26 '14 at 14:56

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 14 '16 at 04:38

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SWIFT 3

tableView.tableFooterView = UIView(frame: .zero)

answered Oct 14 '16 at 04:38

Jason Silver

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 18 '15 at 12:56

Another simpler solution for this issue is setting the background with an image for your tableView.The image should be plain white if you just need a white background for your non-data cells or you can set your custom image as well for your tableview background.So data with cells would have normal background and for the non-data cell it will show your background image:

 self.tableViewName.backgroundColor = UIColor (patternImage: UIImage(named:
 "imageName.jpg")!)

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 06 '16 at 11:31

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Either of these work for me in Swift 3.0

Method - 1

let footerView =  UIView(frame: CGRect.zero)
tableView.tableFooterView = footerView
tableView.tableFooterView?.isHidden = true
tableView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear()

Method - 2

 tableView.tableFooterView = UIView(frame: CGRect.zero)

edited Oct 06 '16 at 11:31

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answered Jun 26 '16 at 13:55

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 10 '17 at 11:17

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Swift 3 : Simplest way

tableView.tableFooterView = UIView()

answered Jul 10 '17 at 11:17

Musa almatri

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