Can you add subviews to UITableView?

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aapl.crox Author

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Can you add subviews to UITableView?

I tried adding UIButton to UITableView by addSubView, but it wont display. Any ideas?

Posted on May 15, 2008 10:27 AM

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Answer 1

kgelner

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May 15, 2008 10:34 AM in response to aapl.crox

The real question is, where are you trying to add a button?

You can have multiple views in a table view cell.

Or, if you are trying to add a button to the header try using a navigation controller.

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Answer 2

aapl.crox Author

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May 15, 2008 10:51 AM in response to kgelner

I'm trying to add a button below all the rows and sections (the reason why I am doing this is because you cant have the navigation controller show top bar in a modal view).

So to give more details, I'm trying to add UIButton to UITableView's subview (not any of its cells etc). But it wont show, not sure how to do it properly.

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Answer 3

ooo27

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May 15, 2008 10:58 AM in response to aapl.crox

If it's below all rows why not have 1 top level view that contains both the TableView and the Buttons below it? So:


UIView* container = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:goodRect];
UITableView* tv = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:tableRect];
UIButton* btn = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:btnFrame];
[container addSubview:tv];
[container addSubview:btn];
myController.view = container;

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Answer 4

aapl.crox Author

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May 15, 2008 11:31 AM in response to ooo27

I tried that, but then when I made the tableview scrollable, the buttons do not follow

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Answer 5

May 15, 2008 1:05 PM in response to aapl.crox

I'm using a UINavigationController in a modal view, with buttons.

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Answer 6

Sep 5, 2008 4:10 PM in response to sonicwind

I wish to do the same.

Just as in the Contacts app, at the bottom of the page when you see a contact page, you have [Text Message] and [Add to Favorites] buttons below the UITableView.

Is there a simple way to do that ?

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Answer 7

Sep 5, 2008 4:42 PM in response to alexfromfrance

Ok I've found the answer:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7386653&#7386653

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