How to limit the number of cells UITableview displays?

Question

Im using a tableview to display some information in a quiz app that Im working on. My question is how do i make the tableview only show the number of cells that I need. Ive set the number of rows delegate method like this:

-(NSInteger) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
   return 5;
}

but at the bottom of the table view are empty cells that are not needed. If I set the tableview style to grouped I get 5 cells and no empty ones below them. Ive seen that other people have done this but cant seem to work it out. I was wondering if they have somehow added a custom view to the table footer to cancel the empty cells out?

Any ideas or help appreciated.

Answer 1

This worked for me - I had extra empty rows at the bottom of the screen on an iphone 5 -

In my case I needed 9 rows

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tabelView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{        
    return self.tableView.frame.size.height / 9;
}

Answer 2

If you do want to keep the separator, you could insert a dummy footer view. This will limit the tableview to only show the amount of cells you returned in tableView:numberOfRowsInSection:

self.tableView.tableFooterView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];

In swift:

self.tableView.tableFooterView = UIView(frame: CGRectZero)