Inserting cells at the top of a UITableView with no scrolling

If you would like your table to be refreshed “ala Twitter”, with new data being added on top, here’s a quick an easy way to do it for iOS: 

func updateTableViewAfterAdditionInNewArray(){

        //Get new feeds and check if counts are different

        let countOfAddedItems = oldArray.count – newArray.count

        

        //If we’re adding information

        if (oldArray) > 0 {

            if debugMode == true{

                print(“We have a difference in counts of \(oldArray)”)

            }

            

            if oldArray.count != 0 {

                //Update data model

                oldArray = newArray

                

                var initialContentOffSet = tableView.contentOffset.y

                //If offset is less than 0 due to refresh up gesture, assume 0

                if initialContentOffSet < 0 {

                    initialContentOffSet = 0

                }

                //Reload, scroll and offset

                tableView.reloadData()

                tableView.scrollToRow(at: IndexPath(row: countOfAddedItems, section: 0), at: .top, animated: false)

                tableView.contentOffset.y = tableView.contentOffset.y  + initialContentOffSet

            }else{

                if debugMode == true{

                    print(“There was no data in oldArray, avoid scrolling. “)

                }

                //Update data model

                oldArray = newArray

                

                tableView.reloadData()

            }

            

        }

 

    }

Hope it helps! I’m really enjoying going back to iOS development, expect more iOS posts this next couple of months as I’m ramping up on my next project. 

Questions / comments / suggestions? I’m at @MarcMasVi 

 

Marc