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    <p>Here's one solution that I've been satisfied with so far.</p> <p>First, I created a transparent view that was the same size as my TableView. I add this view as a sibling of the TableView whenever the TableView's data source has no data in it. I completely remove the view when data is available because transparency can affect the smoothness of the scrolling animation with TableViews.</p> <p>I simply added a transparent label to this view that says something to the effect of "No Data Available". Adding a little shadowing to this label really helped to reinforce the concept that the label was 'floating' over top of the empty TableView.</p> <p>I like your method of using an image though. Done properly, it might save you some work if you don't have to localize a string like I currently do.</p>
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    1. COI just tried adding the UIImageView to the TableViewController's xib file - however, even if the tableview is hidden, the image doesn't display. Presumably this is because the view outlet of the tableviewcontroller is set to the tableview itself. What do you mean by adding a view as a sibling of the tableview? It sounds like this might be a possibility...
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    2. COI created a custom "EmptyTableView" class which contained the label with all the proper transparency and shadowing effects in place. Then in my ViewController I created one of these EmptyTableViews inside of loadView. I added and removed this EmptyTableView from my ViewController's view as appropriate. In my case I have a tableView as part of an overall custom view. In your case I think the tableView == self.view. I might try adding an EmptyView to tableView and [tableView superView] and see if you like either result. Perhaps someone else has a better solution using Interface Builder...
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    3. COThanks - I'll give this a go when I get home tonight. Do you swap out the EmptyTableView for a real TableView once your data has loaded? And is the data in your TableView managed by another, TableViewController class (rather than the ViewController you mention)? I think I'm partly getting confused because from what I've seen, a TableViewController's view *must* be a TableView, right? In which case, I can't work out how I can add other UI elements to that view.... Hopefully my brain will untangle itself by this evening!
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