Answer by Neil Gall for Change Default Scrolling Behavior of UITableView Section Header

There are several things that need done to solve this problem in a non-hacky manner:

1. Set the table view style to UITableViewStyleGrouped
2. Set the table view backgroundColor to [UIColor clearColor]
3. Set the backgroundView on each table view cell to an empty view with backgroundColor [UIColor clearColor]
4. If necessary, set the table view rowHeight appropriately, or override tableView:heightForRowAtIndexPath: if individual rows have different heights.