Question

How do i display set number of rows in a UITableView?

i.e if my data source has only 4 objects then i want the table to display on those 4 rows without any blank rows. any ideas?

thanks!

EDIT: i wasn’t too clear about the question so..

So this is my table: https://i.stack.imgur.com/glkWZ.png ..
i want to display only the 3 rows and not the blank rows below it. The number of rows change depending on my data source.
any ideas how to go about doing so?

Answer 1

You have to change your table appearance, I think. Once you correctly set the numberOfSectionsInTableView: and tableView:numberOfRowsInSection: methods, you should change your viewDidLoad method adding this line:

[self.tableView setSeparatorStyle:UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleNone];

This way you will remove all lines from the table.

If you still want to make a line appear between lines, I suggest you to create a custom UITableViewCell, or to build a standard one adding a subview to mimic the line. Eg. something like this:

CGRect lineFrame = CGRectMake(0,cell.frame.size.height-1,cell.frame.size.width,1);
UIView *line = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:lineFrame];
line.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.9 green:0.9 blue:0.9 alpha:1];
[cell.contentView addSubview:line];
[line release];

Let me know if this helps.