How to insert a UITableViewCell at the beginning of UITableView - iphone

Question

I am trying to set up a UITableView, with x amount of sections and X number of rows per section.
However I would like to add a single row to the top of my UITableView Is there is a way to hardcode this into the view?
I currently return the number of sections and rows per section based off a NSdictionary like so.
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView: (UITableView *)tableView
{
// Return the number of sections.
return [letterDictionary count];
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
// returns the number of rows per section based off each entry in letterDictionary
currentLetter = [sectionLetterArray objectAtIndex:section];
return [[letterDictionary objectForKey:currentLetter] count];
}

Answer 1

You can add a "header" to the tableview.
In your tableview class:
self.tableView.tableHeaderView = yourView;

Answer 2

You cannot just add a row above your UItable within the table. If you just need a row of text why not use UITextField, UILabel or UITextView depending on your needs and just position it above your UItable whereever you like.
If I missunderstood you and you just like to add one row as the very first one in your first section, all you need to do sth like this:
if (section == 0) {
return [[letterDictionary objectForKey:currentLetter] count]+1;
} else
{
return [[letterDictionary objectForKey:currentLetter] count];
}
and ensure that when returning row for indexpath you have also a similar if-statement and return whatever you need for section == 0 and row == 0.
But this first row will certainly scroll away if you scroll down your table view - as said I am not sure exactly what you need.

Answer 3

You could try to customize your tableview section's header...
For example you can use something like this:
YourController.h
-(UIView *)headerView;
YourController.m
-(UIView *)headerView
{
UIView *header = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
// Place everything you want in your header
// using [header addSubview:yourSubview];
// Finally set header's frame and return it
header.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 320.0, 44.0);
return header;
}
// Use this to return header's height
-(CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
if (section == yourSection)
{
return [self headerView].frame.size.height;
}
else
{
return [self sectionHeaderHeight];
}
}
// Use this to return your view
-(UIView *)tableView:(UITableVIew *)tableVIew viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
if (section == yourSection) // To show the header only on a specified section
{
return [self headerView];
}
else
{
return nil;
}
}
If you change your mind and want to customize below the tableView, your can use the same method changing Header with Footer.
Finally take a look at docs about these methods:
- tableView:viewForHeaderInSection:
- tableView:heightForHeaderInSection:
- tableView:viewForFooterInSection:
- tableView:heightForFooterInSection:
Hope this fits your needs!