Category on UITableView that will prevent empty cells from rendering

UITableView+PreventEmptyCells

// Put the following in a file called UITableView+PreventEmptyCells.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface UITableView (PreventEmptyCells)

+ (void)preventEmptyRows:(UITableView *)tableView;

@end

// Put the following in a file called UITableView+PreventEmptyCells.m

#import "UITableView+PreventEmptyCells.h"

@implementation UITableView (PreventEmptyCells)

// prevents UITableView from filling in empty cells for the rest of the screen when there's not enough data
+ (void)preventEmptyRows:(UITableView *)tableView
{
    tableView.tableFooterView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
}

@end