How to remove empty cells from UITableView?

Question

I have a UITableView with cells having data from server response which means not everytime all the cells displays the data. So I need to remove those "empty" cells.I have already searched and could not find any possible solution. The solution from How to remove empty cells in UITableView? didn't work out. Actually it made my tableview disappear.

I need another solution other than the addition of a footer view. Is there any?

Have you try to add empty footer view so it will hide all unwanted empty cell from tableview? — CodeChanger, Feb 01 '17 at 06:28
Do you any code? If you do then please share it. That would make things clearer and easy to understand. — Adeel Miraj, Feb 01 '17 at 06:29
can you check this link for remove cells in tableview http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1369831/eliminate-extra-separators-below-uitableview — Prissy Eve, Feb 01 '17 at 06:30
@CodeChanger I've already tried that. Not working. It made my tableview disappear. — hamedazhar, Feb 01 '17 at 06:30
@NiravD I've not added any empty objects since it is coming from server response. — hamedazhar, Feb 01 '17 at 06:32
check server value if server value is empty do not add in array. you can make new array for sever non nil objects. For empty cell use footer view. — Lalit kumar, Feb 01 '17 at 06:35
do not add the empty values to the `datasource` of `tableView`. — vaibhav, Feb 01 '17 at 06:37

rv7284 · Answer 1 · 2017-02-01T08:22:16.217

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You should check your data which is coming from the server and only add not nil data to tableview data source.

After that reload your tableview.

This way your tableview won't have any empty cells. simple.

In case your problem is that number of cell being displayed doesn't fill up your view

you can try

tableview.tableFooterView = UIView()

edited Feb 01 '17 at 08:22

answered Feb 01 '17 at 06:34

rv7284

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I've already checked and if there is non-null data only the tableview gets reloaded. otherwise an alert will show with "no data" message. – hamedazhar Feb 01 '17 at 06:41
I'm talking about the particular data for each cell, just run the server response through "for" loop and add only not nil data into data source – rv7284 Feb 01 '17 at 06:44
@Hamed i just update my answer take a look – rv7284 Feb 01 '17 at 08:22

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 01 '17 at 06:39

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You can use one of the two methods.

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

edited Feb 01 '17 at 06:39

vaibhav

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answered Feb 01 '17 at 06:36

Dinu

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Works like a charm, thank you! – Tiago Mendes Mar 07 '18 at 17:17

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 01 '17 at 06:32

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try this

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

answered Feb 01 '17 at 06:32

Ravi

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 01 '17 at 06:42

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If you are talking about separators; You can remove that by changing property "separator" of UITableView.

But this will also affect data cells. You must add custom separator line in your data cell.

answered Feb 01 '17 at 06:42

Amit Tandel

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op's ques is about to remove empty cell not for cell separator, have you seen? – vaibhav Feb 01 '17 at 06:45
Actually, my issue was to remove empty cells, I've found the solution. Just give table view height constraint in the storyboard and drag the same into your .h file. Now add the following code just before/after you reload the table: **tableviewHeight=[array count]*[row height];**. But this resulted in a cell separator for the final cell which I don't need. So I combined your solution with mine and its working perfectly now! – hamedazhar Feb 01 '17 at 07:05

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 01 '17 at 06:38

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I hope you are adding data in cell by array. So only add data in array when you receive the data from server. If you do not receive data from server don't add anything. And return numberOfRows your arrays count.

answered Feb 01 '17 at 06:38

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 01 '17 at 06:49

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To remove empty cells at bottom of the tableview

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForFooterInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat {
    return 0.01
}

or use this

self.tableView.tableFooterView = UIView()

answered Feb 01 '17 at 06:49

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 01 '17 at 06:50

You can do it from nib also.

From source:

    - (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section {

    return 0.01f;
    }

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

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