How to reload UITableView when empty?

Question

Calling [self.tableView reloadData] works fine when adding a new row or deleting one. When deleting all rows and wanting to see an empty table, reloadData has no affect. All of the phantom rows are still there until the app is relunched. I'm doing this on the RootViewController, which is a UITableViewController. Is there another way to refresh the table in this case?

Answer 1

You should try to use

- (void)deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:(NSArray *)indexPaths 
              withRowAnimation:(UITableViewRowAnimation)animation

...on the UITableView when you delete some rows so you also get the animation when deleting

Otherwise a

[tableView setNeedsDisplay];

...might help