Top Bar background in UITableViewController

Question

I have UITableViewController that can be accessed using segue from other ViewController that is inside UINavigationController.

My table has two sections with static cells I also manually added view (dark navy color) with custom UIButton.

In interface builder it looks like this

But when I open my app in simulator - I get this stripe in the top. So I have few questions about this.

1) Where this stripe came from?

2) How can I make it disappear? I tried something like

self.tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: -16, left: 0, bottom: 0, right: 0)

I am not sure that this is right way.

3) For future - is it ok to add UIView to top of UITableViewController manually as I did

Update This is debug view

yes, creating an `UIView` is ok solution, just create some function like `addStatusBarView(with color: UIColor)` and call whenever you want to add this view — JuicyFruit, Aug 17 '17 at 10:41
What are you referring to by stripe? the status bar with the time and battery level? — ahbou, Aug 17 '17 at 10:44

bartosss · Answer 1 · 2017-08-17T10:46:02.553

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Debug your view to see why your header is higher. Documentation Debugging in Xcode
You don't need to remove it because it not normal. You probably using a wrong constant.
Yes, you can..

edited Aug 17 '17 at 10:46

answered Aug 17 '17 at 10:40

bartosss

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https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/debugging_with_xcode/chapters/special_debugging_workflows.html – bartosss Aug 17 '17 at 10:46
Great tool - thank you - never used it before. I updated my question with screenshot from it. So as I see it is not Status Bar? – moonvader Aug 17 '17 at 10:55
I suggest following some tutorials/trainings in developing iOS apps. You'll learn a ton and feel more comfortable. – bartosss Aug 17 '17 at 11:35
It probably is a setting on the `navigationItem` – bartosss Aug 17 '17 at 11:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '17 at 11:00

This spacing was solved with unchecking on of default View Controller properties in interface builder!

YouStoryboard.storyboard > YouViewController > Attributes inspector > Uncheck - Adjust scroll view insets.

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