Set UITableView content inset permanently

ios, objective-c, pull-to-refresh, uiscrollview, uitableview

Solution

Probably it was some sort of my mistake because of me messing with autolayouts and storyboard but I found an answer.

You have to take care of this little guy in View Controller's Attribute Inspector

It must be unchecked so the default `contentInset` wouldn't be set after any change. After that it is just adding one-liner to `viewDidLoad`:

[self.tableView setContentInset:UIEdgeInsetsMake(108, 0, 0, 0)]; // 108 is only example

iOS 11, Xcode 9 update

Looks like the previous solution is no longer a correct one if it comes to iOS 11 and Xcode 9. `automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets` has been deprecated and right now to achieve similar effect you have to go to Size Inspector where you can find this: Also, you can achieve the same in code:

if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
    scrollView.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = .never
} else {
    automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets = false
}

Problem

In my app I have a `UISearchBar` under `UINavigationBar` so it is always visible to user. In that case I had to set `contentInset` with extra 44px so the `UIScrollView` will be scrolling under `UISearchBar` (exactly like in Contacts.app). And there would be no problem with static `UITableView`'s but in my case I have to reload it's contents, switch to `UISearchDisplayController`etc. So when I call: ``` [self.tableView setContentInset:UIEdgeInsetsMake(108, 0, 0, 0)]; ``` Everything works until e.g. I pull to refresh... (for this I use `SSPullToRefresh`). So my question is: How can I set `contentInset` permanently so I wouldn't have to worry about any changes happening to data inside `UITableView`?

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