- (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section;
// fixed font style. use custom view (UILabel) if you want something different
- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section { // create the parent view that will hold header Label UIView* customView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10.0, 0.0, 300.0, 20.0)]; // create the button object UILabel * headerLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero]; headerLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; headerLabel.opaque = NO; headerLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:(54.0 / 255.0) green:(100.0 / 255.0) blue:(139.0 / 255.0) alpha:1.0]; headerLabel.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor blackColor]; headerLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:15]; headerLabel.frame = CGRectMake(17.0, 0.0, 300.0, 20.0); headerLabel.text = @"title for header"; [customView addSubview:headerLabel]; return customView; } - (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section { return 30; }