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UITableView - change section header color

How can I change color of a section header in UITableView?

EDIT: The answer provided by DJ-S should be considered for iOS 6 and above. The accepted answer is out of date.
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akshay1995
This is an old question, but I think the answer needs to be updated.

This method does not involve defining and creating your own custom view. In iOS 6 and up, you can easily change the background color and the text color by defining the

-(void)tableView:(UITableView )tableView
willDisplayHeaderView:(UIView *)view
forSection:(NSInteger)section

section delegate method

For example:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayHeaderView:(UIView *)view forSection:(NSInteger)section
{
// Background color
view.tintColor = [UIColor blackColor];

// Text Color
UITableViewHeaderFooterView *header = (UITableViewHeaderFooterView
)view;
[header.textLabel setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];

// Another way to set the background color
// Note: does not preserve gradient effect of original header
// header.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
}
pankajshivnani123
Here's how to change the text color.

UILabel *label = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 3, tableView.bounds.size.width - 10, 18)] autorelease];
label.text = @"Section Header Text Here";
label.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:1.0 green:1.0 blue:1.0 alpha:0.75];
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[headerView addSubview:label];

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