UITableView tableFooterView shows at the top of the UITableView - wrong

Question

I have created a very simple test case to reproduce this issue.

I am trying to set a footer view programmatically to a tableview. Please note that I am referring to the

Answer 1

I have tried the same with explicit frame values in swift and I achieved the behaviour as you asked for, Try it with the explicit frame value if you think its fine. And remove the layout constraints if its not needed.

   @IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    tableView.delegate = self
    tableView.dataSource = self

    let footerView = UIView(frame: CGRect.init(x: 0, y: 0, width: tableView.frame.width, height: 50))
    footerView.backgroundColor = UIColor.green
    tableView.tableFooterView = footerView
}

extension ViewController: UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {

func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
    return 1
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
    return 10
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell")
    cell?.textLabel?.text = "\(indexPath.row)"
    return cell!
}

}