UIRefreshControl and UITableView's backgroundVIew

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leftspin picture leftspin · Sep 19, 2013 · Viewed 7.6k times · Source

I have a UITableViewController on which I set a backgroundView. This controller has a UIRefreshControl installed. The problem is that when I set a background view, the refresh control is invisible. If I remove the background view, I can see the refresh control.

Am I doing something wrong?

Answer

Champoul picture Champoul · Sep 20, 2013

The reason for this behavior is that in iOS 7, the UITableView's backgroundView is drawn above the UIRefreshControl. Not sure if this is by design or an issue, but here is a workaround that fixed it for me : 

   self.tableView.backgroundView.layer.zPosition -= 1;

This code goes where you set up your UITableViewController refreshControl property.

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