Custom TableViewController which has a UIView as a parent.

MyTableViewController.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface MyTableViewController : UITableViewController {
}

@end

MyTableViewController.m

#import "MyTableViewController.h"

@interface MyTableViewController () {
    UIView *view;
    UITableView *tableView;
}

@end

@implementation MyViewController

- (id) init {
    self = [super init];
    if (self) {
        
    }
    return self;
}

- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewStyle)style
{
    self = [super initWithStyle:style];
    if (self) {
        // Custom initialization
    }
    return self;
}

- (void) loadView {
    view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
    view.backgroundColor = [UIColor cyanColor];
//    self.view = view;
    [self tableView];
    [self viewDidLoad];
}

- (UIView *) view {
    [super loadView];
    if (view == nil) {
        [self loadView];
    }
    return view;
}

- (UITableView *) tableView {
    if (tableView == nil) {
        tableView = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:view.bounds style:UITableViewStylePlain];
        [self.view addSubview:tableView];
        [tableView setAutoresizingMask:UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth];
    }
    return tableView;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    UIView *loadingView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
    loadingView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;
    [self.view addSubview:loadingView];
    [loadingView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithWhite:0.0 alpha:0.4f]];
//    self.title = @"Demo";
}

- (void) viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];
    
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

#pragma mark - Table view data source

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
#warning Potentially incomplete method implementation.
    // Return the number of sections.
    return 0;
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
#warning Incomplete method implementation.
    // Return the number of rows in the section.
    return 0;
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
    
    // Configure the cell...
    
    return cell;
}

#pragma mark - Table view delegate

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    
}

@end