Can't Get Rid Of UITableViewSeparator Lines

[cityofangels]

So I have a UITableView with a custom background and a grey UITableViewSeparatorColor. By default, my table shows separator lines even if there are no cells. I do not want this, I want it to be completely blank and only show separator lines between cells, but the background.

I got this working by using

 self.routineTableView.separatorColor = [UIColor grayColor];

when there are cells, the line shows just for those cells and not the background.

But when there are no cells (such as before a user adds cells), the lines are present.

I tried doing something like this:

    if ([[self.fetchedResultsController fetchedObjects] count] == 0)
    {
        self.routineTableView.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleNone;
    }
    else
    {
        self.routineTableView.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleSingleLine;
        self.routineTableView.separatorColor = [UIColor grayColor];
    }

but it just removes the line for the cells and the background.. Any ideas?

This pic shows that there are separator lines when the table is blank for all cells:


And this pic shows that when there are cells, the separator line is shown only for the cells, and not the background

[iSDK]

if ([[self.fetchedResultsController fetchedObjects] count] < 1)
    {
        self.routineTableView.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleNone;
        self.routineTableView.separatorColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    }
    else
    {
        self.routineTableView.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleSingleLine;
        self.routineTableView.separatorColor = [UIColor grayColor];
    }

[cityofangels]

Originally Posted by iSDK

if ([[self.fetchedResultsController fetchedObjects] count] < 1)
    {
        self.routineTableView.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleNone;
        self.routineTableView.separatorColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    }
    else
    {
        self.routineTableView.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleSingleLine;
        self.routineTableView.separatorColor = [UIColor grayColor];
    }

Thanks, I tried this and it definitely helps.

One thing though, everything seems to work properly now but when I enter cells, the separator line does not show until I reload the view. Should I perhaps to [tableView reload] or something?