Adding a header view to a UIWebView similar to Saf

Question

I'd like to add a header view to an UIWebView similar to the address/search bar in MobileSafari and the excellent Articles.app by Sophia Teutschler. More precisely, I'd like to create a "pull to fix orientation" view above a UIWebView, just like in Articles. Articles does use a UIWebView, so it seems to be possible. Is there a way to accomplish this without having to embed the UIWebView into a UIScrollView and updating its size all the time, as described in this article? Apparently, I do need the scrolling events to have the "pull to fix orientation" behave accordingly.

Answer 1

Try this:

    UIView *redView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, -100, WIN_WIDTH, 100)];
    redView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
    self.view.scrollView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(100, 0, 0, 0);
    [self.view.scrollView addSubview:redView];
    NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL: [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.baidu.com"]];
    [self.view loadRequest:request];