UITableView - change section header color

Question

Hi, how can I change color of a section header in UITableView?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hopefully this method from the UITableViewDelegate protocol will get you started:

- (UIView *) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section 
{
  UIView *headerView = [[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, tableView.bounds.size.width, 30)] autorelease];
  if (section == integerRepresentingYourSectionOfInterest)
     [headerView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];
  else 
     [headerView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
  return headerView;
}

Replace [UIColor redColor] with whichever UIColor you would like. You may also wish to adjust the dimensions of headerView.

Answer 2

Thanks Alex!! I've been looking for this answer everywhere!

How about the text color though? I just get a background color but no text, even if I change the alpha to 0.5.

Much appreciated

ADDENDUM: I figured it out. Need to add this to Alex's Code Example above. Maybe this will help others:

    UILabel *label = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 3, tableView.bounds.size.width - 10, 18)] autorelease];
label.text = @"Section Header Text Here";
label.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:1.0 green:1.0 blue:1.0 alpha:0.75];
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[headerView addSubview:label];