Section headerview in UITableView Duplicated <p>I am creating an application and I have a customized header of tableview. But sometimes the header gets duplicated. It takes the place of a row in tableview. How do I solve this strange problem? BTW, my tableviewstyle is plain, Header height is 44.0 and the footer height is 0.0. Here is an image how it displays. The header "comments" is duplicated just below the header "Messages" while it should be the row.</p> <p><img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/28le59d.jpg" alt="alt text"></p> <p>Here is the complete implementation of this view</p> <pre><code>// Implement viewDidLoad to do additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib. - (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; TitleForSectionView=[[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"Dates To Remember",@"Messages",@"Comments",@"Wishlist",@"Reminders",@"Bookmarks",nil] retain]; self.MySectionIndexArray=[[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; [self.MySectionIndexArray addObject:@"UP"]; [self.MySectionIndexArray addObject:@"DOWN"]; [self.MySectionIndexArray addObject:@"DOWN"]; [self.MySectionIndexArray addObject:@"DOWN"]; [self.MySectionIndexArray addObject:@"DOWN"]; [self.MySectionIndexArray addObject:@"DOWN"]; self.IconsForSectionsView=[[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; [self.IconsForSectionsView addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:@"IconCalender.png"]]; [self.IconsForSectionsView addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:@"IconMessage.png"]]; [self.IconsForSectionsView addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:@"IconComments.png"]]; [self.IconsForSectionsView addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:@"IconWishList.png"]]; [self.IconsForSectionsView addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:@"IconReminder.png"]]; [self.IconsForSectionsView addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:@"IconBookMark.png"]]; } - (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView { return 6; } - (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section { if ([[self.MySectionIndexArray objectAtIndex:section] isEqualToString:@"UP"]) { return 4; } else { return 0; } } - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { UITableViewCell *MyDashBoardCell=nil; static NSString *AddNewDateCellIdentifier=@"AddNewDateCell"; static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"DashBoardCell"; DashBoardCustomCellObject = (DashBoardCustomCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier]; if (DashBoardCustomCellObject == nil) { [[[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"DashBoardCustomCell" owner:self options:nil] retain]autorelease]; } [DashBoardCustomCellObject SetDashBoardCellData:@"Mar 9" EventText:@"My Birthday"]; AddNewDateCellObject = (AddNewDateCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:AddNewDateCellIdentifier]; if (AddNewDateCellObject == nil) { [[[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"AddNewDateCell" owner:self options:nil] retain]autorelease]; } if(indexPath.section==0 &amp;&amp; indexPath.row==0) { MyDashBoardCell=AddNewDateCellObject; } else { MyDashBoardCell=DashBoardCustomCellObject; } return MyDashBoardCell; } - (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section { // create the parent view that will hold header Label and button and icon image self.customView = [[[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,tableView.bounds.size.width,44)] autorelease]; self.customView.backgroundColor=[UIColor whiteColor]; // create image object UIImageView *icon= [[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[self.IconsForSectionsView objectAtIndex:section]] autorelease]; icon.contentMode=UIViewContentModeCenter; icon.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,40,40); // create the label objects UILabel *headerLabel = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero] autorelease]; headerLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; headerLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:13]; headerLabel.frame = CGRectMake(53,11,172,21); headerLabel.text = [TitleForSectionView objectAtIndex:section]; headerLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor]; headerLabel.highlightedTextColor=[UIColor whiteColor]; // create the button objects ButtonDrop = [[[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(278, 9, 25, 25)] autorelease]; ButtonDrop.tag=section; if ([[self.MySectionIndexArray objectAtIndex:section] isEqualToString:@"UP"]) { [ButtonDrop setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"Up.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal]; self.customView.backgroundColor=[UIColor blueColor]; headerLabel.highlighted=YES; } else { [ButtonDrop setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"Down.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal]; } [ButtonDrop addTarget:self action:@selector(checkAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside]; [self.customView addSubview:icon]; [self.customView addSubview:headerLabel]; [self.customView addSubview:ButtonDrop]; return self.customView; } - (void)checkAction:(id)sender { UIButton *Button = (UIButton*)sender; NSLog(@"Button Tag=%d",Button.tag); if([[self.MySectionIndexArray objectAtIndex:Button.tag] isEqualToString:@"UP"]) { [self.MySectionIndexArray replaceObjectAtIndex:Button.tag withObject:@"DOWN"]; [ButtonDrop setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"Up.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal]; } else { [self.MySectionIndexArray replaceObjectAtIndex:Button.tag withObject:@"UP"]; [ButtonDrop setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"Down.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal]; } [TableDashBoard reloadSections:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:Button.tag] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade]; } </code></pre>