iOS - UILabel + UIActivityIndicatorView inside UITableView section header

Question

In the Settings app when you select a Wi-Fi network you can see a table view that has a label and an activity indicator right after the label. Is there some predefined way to create such a UI. Or the only way to do it is to implement the tableView:viewForHeaderInSection with some code that creates a label and a spinner, calculates the label width and places the spinner right after it?

@CodaFi how is that in any way related to the post you identified as a dupe? (despite the keyword WiFi). — Till, Mar 25 '12 at 16:15

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '12 at 16:11

Yes, you have the right approach! Create a header view with a label and place an UIActivityIndicator right after it. The calculation is pretty simple:

UILabel* myLabel = ...;
CGSize size = [myLabel.text sizeWithFont: myLabel.font];

UIActivityIndicator* indicatorView = ...;
indicatorView.center = CGPointMake(size.width + indicatorView.frame.size.width, myLabel.center.y);

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 25 '12 at 16:03

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UITableViewCell.accessoryView, create a UIActivityIndicator instance and assign to it.

answered Mar 25 '12 at 16:03

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The OP asks for putting the Activity Indicator in Section Header, not in a Tableviewcell – sensslen Jan 25 '13 at 14:18

iOS - UILabel + UIActivityIndicatorView inside UITableView section header

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