How to register a UIView to be reused for UITable view header without using nib

Question

I have created a UIView on my storyboard and I want to use this view for the header of my UITableView. I have gave an identifier on storyboard for this view and in viewForHeaderInSection class I dequeue this identifier as shown below. However, whenever I reload the table and I found the headerCell is a new instance. It is not reused in this case.

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView? {
    let  headerCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("HeaderCell") as! UserHomeHeaderCell

I have tried to register this class on viewDidLoad() method as below:

tableView.registerClass(UserHomeHeaderCell.classForCoder, forCellReuseIdentifier: "HeaderCell")

But all the cell's content which are linked with storyboard are nil. How should I reuse this header?

I think your best option is to move the header view into it's own separate .xib file and load it from there. — Danny Bravo, May 10 '16 at 09:21
Another approach is mentioned in the below link. [SO link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9219234/how-to-implement-custom-table-view-section-headers-and-footers-with-storyboard) The key is 'use a prototype cell as your section header and / or footer.' but this is a hack with prototype cells. Best approach is to use a Nib. — Sanu S, May 10 '16 at 09:26
http://samwize.com/2015/11/06/guide-to-customizing-uitableview-section-header-footer/ refer this link.. it uses reusable header view.. — Rohit Pradhan, May 10 '16 at 09:35

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 10 '16 at 09:10

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You have to register nib in the ViewDidLoad()

tableView.registerNib(UINib(nibName: "UserHomeHeaderCell" , bundle: nil), forHeaderFooterViewReuseIdentifier: HeaderCell)

answered May 10 '16 at 09:10

Sucharu Hasija

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I don't have nib file. The view was created in my storyboard – Joey Yi Zhao May 10 '16 at 09:11
instead of registering class in ViewDidLoad try the code in the method iteself – Sucharu Hasija May 10 '16 at 09:37
Do you mean try the code in viewForHeaderInSection method? I already tried but still the same issue. – Joey Yi Zhao May 10 '16 at 11:14

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 06 '16 at 10:29

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try this:

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView? {
    let  headerCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("HeaderCell") as! UserHomeHeaderCell
    return headerCell.contentView
}

answered Dec 06 '16 at 10:29

Adam Smaka

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How to register a UIView to be reused for UITable view header without using nib

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