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[kooljava2]

Thanks for the solution. It works beautifully. Couple of questions:

1. Why do we need a customview. Why can't we use just UILabel only?
2. Is there a memory leak here for customview and the label?

Thanks

Originally Posted by salboy

For those still looking for a solution:

- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
	// create the parent view that will hold header Label
	UIView* customView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10.0, 0.0, 300.0, 44.0)];
	
	// create the button object
	UILabel * headerLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
	headerLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
	headerLabel.opaque = NO;
	headerLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
	headerLabel.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
	headerLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:20];
	headerLabel.frame = CGRectMake(10.0, 0.0, 300.0, 44.0);

	// If you want to align the header text as centered
	// headerLabel.frame = CGRectMake(150.0, 0.0, 300.0, 44.0);

	headerLabel.text = <Put here whatever you want to display> // i.e. array element
	[customView addSubview:headerLabel];

	return customView;
}

Furthermore, it is advisable to add heightForHeaderInSection function

- (CGFloat) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
	return 44.0;
}