Swift - toolbar follows tableview when scrolling

Question

In my UITableViewController, my toolbar follows my tableview when I scroll it. My code looks like this:

 override func viewDidLoad() {
        let toolbar: UIToolbar = UIToolbar()
        let checkButton = [UIBarButtonItem(title: "Done", style: .Done, target: self, action: "checkedPress")]
        toolbar.frame = CGRectMake(0, self.view.frame.size.height - 46, self.view.frame.size.width, 48)
        toolbar.sizeToFit()
        toolbar.setItems(checkButton, animated: true)
        toolbar.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
        self.view.addSubview(toolbar)
    }

and it looks like this when I run the app:

I want the toolbar to stick to the bottom of the view, how is this achieved?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Answer 1

The problem is that since you're using a UITableViewController, with self.view.addSubview(toolbar), you've added your toolbar as a subview of your UITableViewController's view, i.e. a UITableView. As a subview of the UITableView, the toolbar will scroll along with the table.

The solution: Use a UIView containing a UITableView instead of using a UITableViewController if you'd like to customize your view controller. That way you can add elements to the view that aren't subviews of your tableview.