Increase height of UIView above UITableView

Question

I added a UIView above a UITableView via the storyboard. I was wondering if there is a good way to increase the height of the UIView programmatically and push down the table cells. The UITableView is a static table.

I'm using this code:

CGRect newFrame = myUIView.frame;
newFrame.size.height = 300;
myUIView.frame = newFrame;

With this code, the UIView height is increasing, but it is overlapping the table cells below it. Is there any way to "push" the tableview lower?

thanks!

Answer 1

Since you are using storyboard, the easiest and cleanest way is to just change the size of the UITableView and move it down to make room for the UIView . You then can move/change the UIView to whatever size you want.

Non-storyboard solution. Change the frame of the UITableView also.

self.tableView.frame = CGRectMake(x,y,height,width);

Answer 2

If you are using autolayout this is pretty simple.
Pin the height of the UIView. This will create an NSLayoutConstraint for the height. Then create a property for this and update in your code as required.

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIView *uiview1;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet NSLayoutConstraint *uiViewHeight;

Update the height constant of the constraint and then update the UIView constraints. The UITableView will change to accommodate the modified UIView.

self.uiViewHeight.constant = 150.0f;
[self.uiview1 setNeedsUpdateConstraints];