Change backgroundColor of sectiontitle in UITableView - iphone

Question

I have a UITableView with sections and the title for them I m setting in titleForHeaderInSection like this:
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return [NSString stringwithFormat :#"Section %d",section];
}
Defaulty it comes with graycoloured background with textcolor white.How can I change it to some other colour.?
Gone through google and found to set in viewForHeaderinSection.
But I did't use it to setheaders .So I dont want to write in it.
How can I write it in titleForHeaderInSection?

Answer 1

In iOS 6 and later
[[UILabel appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UITableViewHeaderFooterView class], nil] setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[[UILabel appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UITableViewHeaderFooterView class], nil] setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:18.0f]];
[[UIView appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UITableViewHeaderFooterView class], nil] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];

Answer 2

titleForHeaderInSection : This delegate of UITableView is used to set only text. You can see below it's return type it NSString.
- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
// fixed font style. use custom view (UILabel) if you want something different
}
In order to achieve the customized view for a section header your only option is viewForHeaderInSection delegate method. I can assure there's no way you can set the view for header using titleForHeaderInSection Also, viewForHeaderInSection acts exactly same as titleForHeaderInSection You can see implement it as below :
-(UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
//Customized your view however you want.
return myCustomizedView;
}

Answer 3

- (UIView *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection: (NSInteger)section
{
UIView *headerView = [[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, tableView.bounds.size.width, 30)] autorelease];
if (section == integerRepresentingYourSectionOfInterest)
[headerView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];
else
[headerView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
return headerView;
}

Answer 4

-(UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
UIView *tempView=[[[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,300,25)]autorelease];
tempView.backgroundColor=[UIColor grayColor];
UILabel *tempLabel=[[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,300,25)];
tempLabel.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
NSString * headerText = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d",section];
tempLabel.text= headerText;
[tempView addSubview: tempLabel];
[tempLabel release];
return tempView;
}
And
- (float)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return 25;
}