Animation issue when deleting the last row of UITableView

Question

UPDATE: This is now fixed in iOS 8.0 and above. See my accepted answer for details.

I have an iOS 7 UITableView that I allow swipe-to-delete on rows. I\'m handling delet

Answer 1

You can also use the UITableView.tableFooterView property:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    ... 

    CGRect frame = [self.tableView rectForRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0]];
    UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
    view.backgroundColor = self.tableView.backgroundColor;
    self.tableView.tableFooterView = view;
}

This code goes into the view controller holding the UITableView.

• Code assumes ARC.
• It's a different story if you use background image for the table.
• The code can be surrounded by "if (iOS > 7)" clause.