swift ios 8 change font title of section in a tableview

Question

I would like to change the font type and font size of a section header in a table view controller.

My code:

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, willDi         


        

Answer 1

Updated for Xcode 11, Swift 5

The top voted answers didn't work for me, here's what did:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView? {

    /// Create the view.
    let headerView = UIView()
    headerView.backgroundColor = .clear

    /// Create the label that goes inside the view.
    let headerLabel = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 30, y: 0, width: tableView.bounds.size.width, height: 30))
    headerLabel.font = UIFont(name: "myFont", size: 12)
    headerLabel.textColor = .white
    headerLabel.text = "myHeaderName"
    headerLabel.sizeToFit()

    /// Add label to the view.
    headerView.addSubview(headerLabel)

    /// Return view.
    return headerView
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat {
    /// Return the same height as the height of the label in your header view.
    return 30
}