Is there anyway to create a UITableView with one universal footer? - iphone

Question

I'm trying to create a UITableView with multiple sections. Each section has it's own header, but I am trying to make a universal footer for the entire table view that stays in one position...
Is this logic possible using the UITableViewDelegate methods? Or should I create a custom view and just try and add it as a subview to my table view? The footer I currently have contains a UIButton.
If anyone has some sample code that would be great.
Edit: This question is not the same as the one referenced. I am trying to make a universal footer that floats above the UITableView. The other question does not specify the location of the footer, only that a footer is desired.

Answer 1

read about UITableView's tableFooterView property.
And now some code: (using ARC)
UILabel *footer = [UILabel alloc] init];
footer.text = #"Some text" ;
footer.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
self.tableView.tableFooterView = footer;
Now at the bottom of entire tableview there is a UILabel that is green with some text.

Answer 2

I ended up creating a subview and adding my button to that view. I then made that view my "footer".
Here is the code that gave me the desired results.
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
//self.tableView.delegate = self;
//self.tableView.dataSource = self;
//save current tableview, then replace view with a regular uiview
self.tableView = (UITableView*)self.view;
UIView *replacementView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.tableView.frame];
self.view = replacementView;
[self.view addSubview:self.tableView];
UIView *footerView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 370, 320, 45)];
//create the button
UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
//button.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
//the button should be as big as a table view cell
//width of the button can be set but the width of the view it is added to will always match the width of the tableView
[button setFrame:CGRectMake(60, 0, 200, 45)];
//set title, font size and font color
[button setTitle:#"Build" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button.titleLabel setFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:20]];
[button setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
//set action of the button
[button addTarget:self action:#selector(buildThenSegue)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
//add the button to the view
[footerView addSubview:button];
footerView.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
[self.view addSubview:footerView];
self.tableView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, self.view.frame.size.height);
}
Take note that this is in a subclass of UITableViewController.
I referenced this answer to another question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9084267/1091868