How to add a toolbar to the BOTTOM of a UITableView obj-c/ios/xcode

Question

how do I add Programmaticaly a toolbar with uitextfield at the bottom of a tableview? Like a chat or sms app.. thank you in advance..

Answer 1

First create a view to hold the whole thing. Then add a UITableview and UIToolbar programmatically set frame so that it appears under the tableview .Add the textfield to the toolbar

    UIView *placeholderView=[[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 400, 440)];
    UITableView *tv=[[UITableView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 400, 400)];
    [placeholderView addSubview:tv];
    UIToolbar *toolBar=[[UIToolbar alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 400, 400, 40)];
    [placeholderView addSubview:toolBar];