iOS 8 UITableView separator inset 0 not working

Question

I have an app where the UITableView's separator inset is set to custom values - Right 0, Left 0. This works perfectly in iOS 7.x, however in iOS 8.0 I see that the separator inset is set to the default of 15 on the right. Even though in the xib files it set to 0, it still shows up incorrectly.

How do I remove the UITableViewCell separator margins?

Answer 1

I made it work by doing this:

tableView.separatorInset = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
tableView.layoutMargins = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
cell.layoutMargins = UIEdgeInsetsZero;

Answer 2

Just add below code can solve this program.

Good luck to you!

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

       if ([cell respondsToSelector:@selector(setSeparatorInset:)]) {
           [cell setSeparatorInset:UIEdgeInsetsZero];
       }

       if ([cell respondsToSelector:@selector(setLayoutMargins:)]) {
           [cell setLayoutMargins:UIEdgeInsetsZero];
       }

}

Answer 3

For iOS 9 you need to add:

if([myTableView respondsToSelector:@selector(setCellLayoutMarginsFollowReadableWidth:)])
{
    myTableView.cellLayoutMarginsFollowReadableWidth = NO;
} 

For more details please refer to question.

Answer 4

Most answers are showing separator insets and layout margins being set over a variety of methods (i.e., viewDidLayoutSubviews, willDisplayCell, etc) for cells and tableviews, but I've found that just putting these in cellForRowAtIndexPath works great. Seems like the cleanest way.

// kill insets for iOS 8
if ([[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion floatValue] >= 8) {
    cell.preservesSuperviewLayoutMargins = NO;
    [cell setLayoutMargins:UIEdgeInsetsZero];
}
// iOS 7 and later
if ([cell respondsToSelector:@selector(setSeparatorInset:)])
    [cell setSeparatorInset:UIEdgeInsetsZero];

Answer 5

In Swift it's slightly more annoying because layoutMargins is a property, so you have to override the getter and setter.

override var layoutMargins: UIEdgeInsets {
  get { return UIEdgeInsetsZero }
  set(newVal) {}
}

This will effectively make layoutMargins readonly, which in my case is fine.

Answer 6

This is the code that's working for me, in Swift:

override func viewDidLoad() 
{
    super.viewDidLoad()
    ...
    if tableView.respondsToSelector("setSeparatorInset:") {
        tableView.separatorInset = UIEdgeInsetsZero
    }
}

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, willDisplayCell cell: UITableViewCell,forRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath)
{
    if cell.respondsToSelector("setSeparatorInset:") {
        cell.separatorInset.left = CGFloat(0.0)
    }
    if tableView.respondsToSelector("setLayoutMargins:") {
        tableView.layoutMargins = UIEdgeInsetsZero
    }
    if cell.respondsToSelector("setLayoutMargins:") {
        cell.layoutMargins.left = CGFloat(0.0)
    }
}

This seems the cleanest to me (for now), as all the cell/tableView edge/margin adjustments are done in the tableView:willDisplayCell:forRowAtIndexPath: method, without cramming unneccessary code into tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath:.

Btw, I'm only setting the cell's left separatorInset/layoutMargins, because in this case I don't want to screw up my constraints that I have set up in my cell.

Code updated to Swift 2.2 :

 override func viewDidLoad() {
   super.viewDidLoad()       

    if tableView.respondsToSelector(Selector("setSeparatorInset:")) {
      tableView.separatorInset = UIEdgeInsetsZero
        }
    }

 override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, willDisplayCell cell: UITableViewCell,forRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
        if cell.respondsToSelector(Selector("setSeparatorInset:")) {
            cell.separatorInset.left = CGFloat(0.0)
        }
        if tableView.respondsToSelector(Selector("setLayoutMargins:")) {
            tableView.layoutMargins = UIEdgeInsetsZero
        }
        if cell.respondsToSelector(Selector("setLayoutMargins:")) {
            cell.layoutMargins.left = CGFloat(0.0)
        }
    }