Using UIRefreshControl

2012-11-02 Updated 2025-12-31 · dc272e6

Prerequisites: You should be able to create a project and set up a UITableViewController and table view in the storyboard. Description: Lets start by setting up a new project with a UITableViewController I wont bother populating it as this isn't required to get the UIRefreshControl working.Basically all we have to do after setting up the table is to create a UIRefreshControl ,set it up and customise if you wish ,give it a target method with which to handle the refreshing and then add the refreshControl to self. The most logical place for this of corse being in the viewDidLoad. Code:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    UIRefreshControl *refreshControl = [[UIRefreshControl alloc] init];
    refreshControl.tintColor = [UIColor redColor]; // you can customize the tint color
    // tell refreshControl where its refreshing will be handled
    [refreshControl addTarget:self action:@selector(refreshing:)
             forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
    [self setRefreshControl:refreshControl];
}

- (void)refreshing:(UIRefreshControl *)refreshControl
{
    // refresh code here (reload table data etc.)
    [refreshControl endRefreshing];
}

The result : It really is that simple, for more , read Apples documentation.

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