Custom layout UITableViewHeaderFooterView

Question

So I just tried subclassing UITableViewHeaderFooterView and aligning the labels the way I want by overriding -layoutSubviews.

When I call super and change a label's frame, however, the app appears to be stuck in an infinite -layoutSubviews loop.

My code looks like this:

- (void)layoutSubviews
{
    [super layoutSubviews];
    self.textLabel.frame = CGRectMake(10.0, 10.0, 300.0, 40.0);
}

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Answer 1

It seems an attempt to modify the frame of backgroundView or contentView not only causes an infinite loop, it will ignore any values you set to their frames, rendering their existence fairly useless. I've reverted to using the backgroundView and contentView as dumb containers for my own custom subviews with their own background visuals and layout properties. :S