Shifting UITableView down (UITableViewController)

Question

I am just wondering whether or not it is possible to shift a UITableView down the page by, say, maybe 50 pixels. I know this would usually work if I had used a UIViewController then added a table view on top, but would I be able to do this and still keep it as UITableViewController?

Answer 1

I had the same problem and the answer above didn't work. This did:

[self.tableView setContentInset:UIEdgeInsetsMake(50,0,0,0)];

Answer 2

My solution is to override tableViewcontroller's method viewWillLayoutSubviews

- (void) viewWillLayoutSubviews
{
    [super viewWillLayoutSubviews];
    self.tableView.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,CGRectGetWidth(self.view.frame),300);
}

Works great and always for me with changing orientations and in all situations