Changing color of section header in UITableview

Question

i have pretty simple simple question (i hope so). How do i change the section header color in a UITableview from default blue to black transparent? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

you need to implement this method in the UITableViewDelegate protocol:

- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section

Here is a link to the documentation

... and do something like this (sub in your own color):

UIView *sectionView = [[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, tableView.bounds.size.width, 22)] autorelease];
[sectionView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
return sectionView;

You can also use the section integer to alternate colors or something similar. I think the default height for the sections is 22, but you can make it whatever you want. Is this what you meant by your question? Hope this helps.

Answer 2

This is an old question, but I think the answer needs to be updated.

This method does not involve defining your own custom views.
In iOS 6 and up, you can easily change the background color and the text color by defining the

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

delegate method.

For example:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayHeaderView:(UIView *)view forSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    // Background color
    view.tintColor = [UIColor blackColor];

    // Text Color
    UITableViewHeaderFooterView *header = (UITableViewHeaderFooterView *)view;
    [header.textLabel setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];

    // Another way to set the background color
    // Note: does not preserve gradient effect of original header
    // header.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
}

Taken from my post here: https://happyteamlabs.com/blog/ios-how-to-customize-table-view-header-and-footer-colors/