custom header and footer to a UITableView (programmatically) nice! from apress.com pro ios tableviews for iphone

customheader+footer.m

UIView *tableHeaderView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 50)];

[tableHeaderView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blueColor]];

UIView *tableFooterView = [[UIView alloc] initWIthFrame:CGRectMake(0,0, 320,50)];
[tableFooterView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blueColor]];

UILabel *headerLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10,10,320,25)];
headerLabel.text = @"Header view";
headerLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
headerLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:22];
headerLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

UILabel *footerLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10,10,320,25)];
footerLabel.text = @"Footer view";
footerLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
footerLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSIze:22];
footerLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

[tableHeaderView addSubview:headerLabel];
[tableFooterView addSubview:footerLabel];

[self.tableView setTableHeaderView:tableHeaderView];
[self.tableView setTableFooterView:tableFooterView];