Question

I want my tableView to show 6 rows with text in it, in this case “Example.” As far as I can tell, I have my numberOfSectionsInTableView: and numberOfRowsInSection: set properly. See example code below:

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView{
   // Return the number of sections.
   return 1;
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section{
  // Return the number of rows in the section.
  return 6;
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath{

  static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

  UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
  if (cell == nil) {
    cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
  }

  cell.textLabel.text = @"Example";

  return cell;
}

The problem is when you see the image below showing lines for rows that shouldn’t/don’t exist.

How do I get rid of the lines showing past row 6?

Answer 1

The generally accepted way of doing this is to add a footer view with a frame size of CGRectZero, as such:

[tableView setTableFooterView:[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero]]

What this does is tell the table that there is a footer, and so it stops displaying separator lines. However, since the footer has a CGRectZero as its frame, nothing gets displayed, and so the visual effect is that the separators simply stop.