Tableview Dominates UI in Interface Builder

Question

I started my iPhone application as a navigation-based app which has served me well until now. In the nib for my TableViewController, I see the TableView (with its example values of California cities) but I'm able to drop any other UI elements on it (for example an UILabel).

I can add a UIWindow which gives me a separate window to add stuff onto but when I start my app all I see is the table view.

What am I missing? How do you mesh these elements together?

Answer 1

A UITableView is composed from cells (UITableViewCell objects).

Apple's own documentation should help out. Plus, when you get to customizing and using cells this section will help.

Answer 2

You want to use UIViewController instead and put a UITableView on that. That way you can move things around at your discretion. You will have to manually implement UITableViewDelegate and UITableViewDataSource though.