The only way to get a static UITableView along with other controls on the same screen is to use a Container View. Follow this way, it works perfectly:
- Drag a ViewController onto your storyboard.
- Drag a TableViewController onto your storyboard.
- Next Drag a Container view to your ViewController and size it about the size you want (smaller than the view) -> when you drag the container view it will create a segue and another view. Remove that segue and view.
- Then finally ctrl click in your container and drag to your new TableViewContoller. Select Embed.
- Style your TableView the way you want -> including static cells.
Good luck.
This answer was already found and given here: G.Huebner -> http://web.archive.org/web/20140928102504/http://iphonedevsdk.com/forum/iphone-sdk-development/111800-static-table-view-cells-only-work-in-a-uitableviewcontroller.html