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//  UITableView+Appearance.h
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#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
@interface UITableView (Appearance)<UIAppearance>
@property (nonatomic, assign) CGFloat footerViewHeight UI_APPEARANCE_SELECTOR;
@end
NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END

//  UITableView+Appearance.m
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#import "UITableView+Appearance.h"

@implementation UITableView (Appearance)

- (CGFloat)footerViewHeight
{
    return self.tableFooterView.bounds.size.height;
}

- (void)setFooterViewHeight:(CGFloat)footerViewHeight
{
    UIView *footerView = [[UIView alloc] init];
    footerView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor;
    footerView.bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, 0, footerViewHeight);
    self.tableFooterView = footerView;
}

@end

// In your App / Scene Delegate
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#pragma mark - Appearance proxy customizations

- (void)performAppearanceProxyCustomizations
{
    // ...
    
    // No empty table view rows
    [UITableView appearance].footerViewHeight = FLT_EPSILON;
    
    // ...
}