How to add a section header to a table view

Swift version: 5.1

Paul Hudson    @twostraws    June 1st 2019

You can use the built-in iOS table section headers by returning a value from titleForHeaderInSection like this:

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, titleForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> String? {
    return "Section \(section)"
}

If you want to return a custom header view with something more than just some text, you should use viewForHeaderInSection instead, like this:

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView? {
    let vw = UIView()
    vw.backgroundColor = UIColor.red

    return vw
}

Available from iOS 2.0

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