Pull To Refresh Jump in iOS

Question

When I slowly pull down to refresh, I see the UIActivityIndicator circle slowly get more complete before it starts the refresh. Just before the circle is complete and the refresh actually triggers, the content jumps/jerks down and then the circle starts spinning. I only notice this when I pull down slowly.

I'm using the pull to refresh inside a scroll view called mainSV

    self.refresh = [[UIRefreshControl alloc] init];
    [self.refresh addTarget:self action:@selector(handleRefresh) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
    [self.mainSV addSubview:self.refresh];

Why does this jump/jerk happen?

Answer 1

I suspect the jump/jerk is due to a "double" action.

There was a change to refresh implementation following the release of Xcode 5.

As such, the requirement to set a target action as described in the Apple Documentation is no longer necessary.

As you are using a Storyboard, in your Interface Builder / Storyboard file, select your storyboard scene (table view controller).

In the attributes inspector, under the subheading Table View Controller, select the item "Refreshing" and change the setting from "Disabled" to "Enabled".

Delete or comment out the three lines of code you have included in your question. (When it was required, i.e. prior to Xcode 5, I placed this code in my viewDidLoad TVC lifecycle method.)

If not automatically inserted into your code, then add this as either a public or private IBAction...

- (IBAction)refresh:(UIRefreshControl *)sender;

and wire to your scene / table view controller to the Sent Event "Value Changed".

Ensure your refresh action is properly configured...

- (IBAction)refresh:(UIRefreshControl *)sender {
    [self.refreshControl beginRefreshing];

    //  Refresh code for your TVC

    [self.refreshControl endRefreshing];
}

Note that no property is required to be set for refreshControl - I suspect there is a trigger to automatically synthesise this when you choose the setting Refreshing [Enabled] in your TVC attributes in the storyboard.

If you need to call the refresh from in your code, use this line...

[self refresh:self.refreshControl];