Adding UIButton to UITableView section header

Question

I have a UITableView with 1 section and for the section header, I would like to keep everything about the header the same but simply add a button on the right side.

Answer 1

From iOS 6, you can also implement

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayHeaderView:(UIView *)view forSection:(NSInteger)section

in your UITableViewDelegate. For example:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayHeaderView:(UIView *)view forSection:(NSInteger)section {
    if (section == 0) {
        if ([view.subviews.lastObject isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]]) {
            return;
        }
        UIButton *button = [UIButtonbuttonWithType:UIButtonTypeSystem];
        button.frame = CGRectMake(view.frame.size.width - 160.0, 0, 160.0, view.frame.size.height); // x,y,width,height
        [button setTitle:@"My Button" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
        [button addTarget:self action:@selector(sectionHeaderButtonPressed:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
        [view addSubview:button];
    }
}