tableView.tableHeaderView being set but not drawn

Question

whenever I set my tableHeaderView I'm not seeing it in the Simulator. If I add it as a subview, it ends up getting drawn underneath the section header. Any idea what I'm missing here?

I do have a XIB file. I didn't see any properties in IB to affect headerViews though.

- (void)viewDidLoad {   
[super viewDidLoad];
MyTitleView *titleView = [[MyTitleView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(60,0,260,40)];
titleView.label.text = @"My Title";
self.navigationItem.titleView = titleView;
[titleView release];

StandardTableHeaderView *headerView = [[StandardTableHeaderView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,320,44)];
self.tableView.tableHeaderView = headerView;
//  [self.view addSubview:self.tableView.tableHeaderView];
//  [headerView release];


NSLog(@"Header: %@",self.tableView.tableHeaderView); //Logs ] Header:     <StandardTableHeaderView: 0x5a508b0; frame = (0 0; 320 44); layer = <CALayer: 0x5a51130>>

Edit: StandardTableHeaderView.m init method:

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
if ((self = [super initWithFrame:frame])) {
    self.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
    self.label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(frame.origin.x,0,frame.size.width,frame.size.height)];
    self.label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    self.label.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    self.label.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:16];
    [self addSubview:self.label];
}
return self;
}

Answer 1

Note! If you expect the table view to set the frame of the header view for you you're mistaken and will get very weird results.

I had mine set to CGRectZero thinking it'd solve itself, but the thing wouldn't appear and when it did, it would appear tucked in under the navbar or sticking down into the first cell and such.

Answer 2

First of all your code looks fine.

2 possible problems:

• self.tableView is not set
• tableHeaderView is overridden after viewDidLoad