UITableViewCell's backgroundView is offset from the left edge of the UITableView

Question

When I set the cell's backgroundView with a UIImageView, there is space on between the left side of the UITableView and the left edge of the backgroundView. Why is this?

Here's the code that sets the background within a subclass on UITableViewCell:

- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
    self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
    if (self) {
        // Initialization code

        self.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

        NSString *imageName = @"invite_bg";
        UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 502)];
        self.backgroundView = imageView;
        self.imageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:imageName];
    }
}

Notice that the photo is offset.

@ill_always_be_a_warriors add screenshot for watch your problem . — Darshan Kunjadiya, May 22 '14 at 06:20
Indeed, out of the box, there's a 15pt inset on UITableView. You can witness this behavior in the Storyboard UI. — brandonscript, May 22 '14 at 06:35
@remus Can I shift it the background image by 15px back to the left? — ill_always_be_a_warriors, May 22 '14 at 06:40
@ill_always_be_a_warriors you could, but the proper solution is to figure out which separatorInset you need to adjust. — brandonscript, May 22 '14 at 06:41
@remus Tried (separately) setting the `separatorInset` to `UIEdgeInsetsZero` for both the cell and the TableView. Neither worked. — ill_always_be_a_warriors, May 22 '14 at 06:45
@ill_always_be_a_warriors so try shift it the background image by 15px back to the left. — Darshan Kunjadiya, May 22 '14 at 06:48
CGRectMake(-15, 0, 335, 502) change like that your imageview frame — Darshan Kunjadiya, May 22 '14 at 06:51
Oh snap! It's probably this that's the problem: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18982347/uitableviewcell-in-ios7-now-has-gaps-on-left-and-right — brandonscript, May 22 '14 at 06:52

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 22 '14 at 06:15

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Use this code

if([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] < 7.0)
{

}
else
{
   _tbl_time.separatorInset=UIEdgeInsetsZero;
}

Hope this useful for you.

answered May 22 '14 at 06:15

Darshan Kunjadiya

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I just tried setting the `separatorInset` on both the TableView and the TableViewCell. Neither worked. – ill_always_be_a_warriors May 22 '14 at 06:22
@ill_always_be_a_warriors add screenshot and some code – Darshan Kunjadiya May 22 '14 at 06:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '14 at 08:13

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I was setting the image on self.imageView instead of imageView. I added the imageView as a subview to contentView, and it works now!

answered May 22 '14 at 08:13

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UITableViewCell's backgroundView is offset from the left edge of the UITableView

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