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Asked: 2026-05-25T03:26:39+00:00

I’d like to make the backgroundColor of a UITableView ‘s section header view transparent

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I’d like to make the backgroundColor of a UITableView‘s section header view transparent. I don’t want to format the text in the header because I like the default formatting. Can I do this with:

-(UIView*) tableView:(UITableView*)tableView 
            viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section

without having to format the text in a UILabel? Everything I’ve tried covers up the text in the section header (that I get from tableView:titleForHeaderInSection:) and I don’t know how to format the text myself.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Well, table cells do not have a header.

    The UITableView‘s section header is an independent view.

    And yes, 

    -(UIView*) tableView:(UITableView*)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section

    is THE table delegate method to implement. It returns a UIView (derivate) that displays the table header.

    Make sure that you implement

    - (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section

    as well and return the appropriate height for each header. (Probably just a constant value)

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