How to keep UITableView contentoffset after calling -reloadData

Question

CGPoint offset = [_table contentOffset];
[_table reloadData];
[_table setContentOffset:offset animated:NO];    //unuseful

//    __block UITableView *tableBlock = _table;
//    [self performBlock:^(id sender) {
//        [tableBlock setContentOffset:offset];
//    } afterDelay:2];

I know don't know of any delegate method which gets called after reloadData. And using afterDelay:2 which is kind of a hack may be too short or too long, so how can I implement it?

Answer 1

I was having trouble with this because I mess with cell sizing in my cellForRowAtIndexPath method. I noticed that the sizing information was off after doing reloadData, so I realized I needed to force it to layout immediately before setting the content offset back.

CGPoint offset = tableView.contentOffset;
[tableView.messageTable reloadData];
[tableView layoutIfNeeded]; // Force layout so things are updated before resetting the contentOffset.
[tableView setContentOffset:offset];