Remove SeparatorInset on iOS 8 UITableView for Xco

Question

I found a weird white space on UITableView for iPhone 6 Simulator (iOS 8) on Xcode 6 GM. I have tried to set the SeparatorInset from both storyboard and also the code, but the white space is till there.

The following code works on iOS 7 but not on iOS 8 (iPhone 6 simulator).

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
    if ([tableView respondsToSelector:@selector(setSeparatorInset:)]) {
        [tableView setSeparatorInset:UIEdgeInsetsZero];
    }
}

I attached screenshot below:

I am using AutoLayout by the way. I hope someone can show me a way to remove the weird white space on the TableView.

Answer 1

Workaround for iOS 7 & iOS 8

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{    
    cell.separatorInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0f, cell.frame.size.width, 0.0f, 0.0f); 
}

Answer 2

To make your UITableView separator insets to zero for both iOS7 and iOS8, instead of making a change in the code, make a change in the xib for the UITableView by changing the View->Mode->Aspect Fill.

Answer 3

for iOS 8

try by setting cell.layoutMargins = UIEdgeInsetsZero; in cellForRowAtIndexPath method

Answer 4

I have static UITableView and wanted to shift the margin of a cell separator to the left edge.

Thanks to the above answers, this was my solution

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, willDisplayCell cell: UITableViewCell, forRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
    // needed to shift the margin a specific cell to the left edge
    if indexPath.section == 3 && indexPath.row == 0 {
        cell.layoutMargins = UIEdgeInsetsZero
        cell.preservesSuperviewLayoutMargins = false
        cell.separatorInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
    }
}

Answer 5

My solution with just three lines of code:

-(UITableViewCell*)tableView:(UITableView*)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)row{
    //
    // ... your code ...
    //
    if ([cell respondsToSelector:@selector(preservesSuperviewLayoutMargins)]){
        cell.layoutMargins = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
        cell.preservesSuperviewLayoutMargins = false;
    }
    return cell;
}

Answer 6

If you want to remove the white line, but keep separator inset as it is, just set the cell.backgroundColor to the tableView backgroundColor. Just setting the cell.contentView.backgroundColor does not make the problem disappear.