Modify appearance of 'empty' cells is plain UITableView

Question

Hello,

If you have a plain (not grouped) UITableView with a single row, the rest of the screen is filled with blank or empty cells. How do you change the appearance of these blank cells? Af first, I thought they would have the appearance of the cell used in the table view but it seems they don't.

The people from Cultured Code (Things) have done a nice job modifying these cells but I can't immediately think of a way to change their appearance.

Any tips?

Answer 1

You will probably have to make a custom subclass of UITableView that fills the background with the appearance of blank cells.

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
  [super drawRect: rect];

  // draw your background here if the rect intersects with the background area
}

Answer 2

Although it's not quite what you're looking for, you can also change it to just display a blank region (instead of blank cells) by setting a footer view on the table. A UIView of height 0 will do the trick.

Answer 3

Just clear the background of UITableView:

tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clear];