How to get section header from UItableView

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I am trying to get section header view using this code:

[tableView headerViewForSection:indexPath.section];

but this code always returns me nil. Could you give me some examples to get section header view from table view? This is my viewForHeader implementation:

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

  DynamicHeader *headerView = [[DynamicHeader alloc] init];
        headerView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 40);
        UILabel *headerLbl = [[UILabel alloc] init];
        headerLbl.frame = CGRectMake(10, 10, 300, 20);
        if(((SectionViewController *)sharedInstance.currentViewController).currentSectionType == 25)
        {
            UIImageView *imgView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"minus.png"]];
            imgView.frame = CGRectMake(285, 14.5, 16, 13);
            [headerView addSubview:imgView];
            UITapGestureRecognizer *recognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:sharedInstance action:@selector(headerTap:)];
            [headerView addGestureRecognizer:recognizer];
            headerView.tableView = tableView;
            headerView.heightForRows = 95;
            headerView.isOpen = YES;
        }
 headerLbl.text = [[[[[((SectionViewController *)sharedInstance.currentViewController).responseDictionary valueForKey:DATA_PARAMETER] valueForKey:SECTION_TABLE_PARAMETER] objectAtIndex:section] valueForKey:TABLE_SECTION_HEADER] capitalizedString];
 [headerView addSubview:headerLbl];

        return headerView;

}

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{

 if((DynamicHeader *)[tableView headerViewForSection:indexPath.section] != nil)
        {
            return ((DynamicHeader *)[tableView headerViewForSection:indexPath.section]).heightForRows;
        }
        else
        {
            return 95;
        }

}


- (void)headerTap: (UITapGestureRecognizer *)recognizer
{
    DynamicHeader *view = (DynamicHeader *)[recognizer view];
    if(view.isOpen)
    {
        view.heightForRows = 0;

    }
    else
    {
        view.heightForRows = 95;
    }
    view.isOpen = !view.isOpen;

    [view.tableView beginUpdates];
    [view.tableView endUpdates];
}
6 Answers

Your header view must inherit from UITableViewHeaderFooterView or else this call will not work and always returns nil.

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