UITableView titleForHeaderInSection shows all caps

Question

I am using titleForHeaderInSection to show a header for a UITableView section. It worked fine with the iOS6 SDK, but the iOS7 SDK shows the header in all CAPS.

I guess

Answer 1

The solution which worked for me was to create a simple UILabel Instance Variable to use as the section header view. (Your needs may be different, but for me, I only needed to have text in my header...) Then, inside viewForHeaderInSection, I set up the label as required, and return this label as the header view.

Then, whenever I want to update the text in the header, I simply change the label's text directly.

In the .h file:

@property (nonatomic, retain)  UILabel  *sectionHeaderLabel;

then in the .m file:

- (UIView*)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return [self    refreshMySectionHeaderLabel]; // I created this handy little method to update the header text
}


// Get the latest text for the section header...
-(UILabel   *)  refreshMySectionHeaderLabel   {
    // Initialise the first time.    
    if( sectionHeaderLabel   ==  nil )   {
        sectionHeaderLabel   =   [[UILabel   alloc] initWithFrame:   CGRectNull];
    }

    // ...
    // May also set other attributes here (e.g. colour, font, etc...)
    // Figure out the text...    
    sectionHeaderLabel.text   =   @"Your updated text here...";


    return sectionHeaderLabel;
}

When I want to update my section header, I simply call:

[self refreshMySectionHeaderLabel];

...or you could simply call:

sectionHeaderLabel.text = @"The new text...";

Take note: I only have 1 section (section 0). You may need to account for multiple sections...

Answer 2

If you want to just keep the string as it is, you could simply do this:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayHeaderView:(UIView *)view forSection:(NSInteger)section {
    if ([view isKindOfClass:[UITableViewHeaderFooterView class]] && [self respondsToSelector:@selector(tableView:titleForHeaderInSection:)]) {
        UITableViewHeaderFooterView *headerView = (UITableViewHeaderFooterView *)view;
        headerView.textLabel.text = [self tableView:tableView titleForHeaderInSection:section];
    }
}

Swift solution:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willDisplayHeaderView view: UIView, forSection section: Int) {
    if let headerView = view as? UITableViewHeaderFooterView, self.respondsToSelector(Selector("tableView:titleForHeaderInSection:")) {
        headerView.textLabel?.text = self.tableView(tableView, titleForHeaderInSection: section)
    }
}