How to remove extra empty cells in TableViewController, iOS - Swift

Question

Hi I have a TableViewController with two static cells, however when displayed, it shows the two static cells, and then all the other empty cells for the tablevi

Answer 1

Setting the tableFooterView should remove extra cell like views.

   @IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView! {
        didSet {
            tableView.tableFooterView = UIView(frame: .zero)
        }
    }

Answer 2

Swift 4 Elaborating on HorseT's answer, first control drag from your Table View in your storyboard, to your View Controller class and create an outlet called tableView.

@IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!

Then, your viewDidLoad in your View Controller should look something like this:

    override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    tableView.dataSource = self
    tableView.delegate = self

    tableView.tableFooterView = UIView()
}

Answer 3

Add Below Code in your "override func viewDidLoad()" Or "override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool)" functions.

tblOutletName.tableFooterView = UIView()

Answer 4

Based on above answers in swift.

tableView.tableFooterView = UIView(frame: .zero)

Answer 5

To add to this, the reason why setting tableFooterView to UIView() removes the rows is because you are setting an empty UIView() object to the property. As per the Apple documentation:

var tableFooterView: UIView?

Therefore setting an empty UIView() will display nothing below your data for this property.

You can bring the empty rows back by resetting tableFooterView to the default value, like so:

tableView.tableFooterView = nil

Answer 6

if you want to remove rows for all UITableViews in your app, just add an extension like this:

Swift 5.0

extension UITableView {

override open func didMoveToSuperview() {
    super.didMoveToSuperview()
    self.tableFooterView = UIView()

}