UITableView - change section header color

Question

How can I change color of a section header in UITableView?

EDIT: The answer provided by DJ-S should be considered for iOS 6 and above. The accepted

Answer 1

With RubyMotion / RedPotion, paste this into your TableScreen:

  def tableView(_, willDisplayHeaderView: view, forSection: section)
    view.textLabel.textColor = rmq.color.your_text_color
    view.contentView.backgroundColor = rmq.color.your_background_color
  end

Works like a charm!

Answer 2

You can do this if you want header with custom color:

[[UITableViewHeaderFooterView appearance] setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];

This solution works great since iOS 6.0.

Answer 3

Here's how to change the text color.

UILabel *label = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 3, tableView.bounds.size.width - 10, 18)] autorelease];
label.text = @"Section Header Text Here";
label.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:1.0 green:1.0 blue:1.0 alpha:0.75];
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[headerView addSubview:label];

Answer 4

iOS 8+

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, willDisplayHeaderView view: UIView, forSection section: Int) {
        tableView.tableHeaderView?.backgroundColor = UIColor.blue()
}

Answer 5

I have a project using static table view cells, in iOS 7.x. willDisplayHeaderView does not fire. However, this method works ok:

- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    NSLog(@"%s", __FUNCTION__);
    CGRect headerFrame = CGRectMake(x, y, w, h);    
    UIView *headerView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:headerFrame];  
    headerView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];

Answer 6

Swift 4 makes it very easy. Simply add this to your class and set the color as needed.

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willDisplayHeaderView view: UIView, forSection section: Int) {
        view.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 0.094, green: 0.239, blue: 0.424, alpha: 1.0)
    }

or if a simple color

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willDisplayHeaderView view: UIView, forSection section: Int) {
        view.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
    }

Updated for Swift 5

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willDisplayHeaderView view: UIView, forSection section: Int) {
        view.tintColor = UIColor(red: 0.094, green: 0.239, blue: 0.424, alpha: 1.0)
    }

or if a simple color

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willDisplayHeaderView view: UIView, forSection section: Int) {
        view.tintColor = UIColor.white
    }