Pull to refresh UITableView without UITableViewController

Objective-C:

This is how you can implement pull to refresh for table view. Same as in the case of collection view. Just replace table view alloc with collection view.

UITableView *tableViewDemo  =  [[UITableView alloc]init];
tableViewDemo.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,self.view.frame.size.width,self.view.frame.size.height);
tableViewDemo.dataSource =  self;
tableViewDemo.delegate =  self;
[self.view addSubView: tableViewDemo];

UIRefreshControl *refreshController = [[UIRefreshControl alloc] init];
[refreshController addTarget:self action:@selector(handleRefresh:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
[tableViewDemo addSubview:refreshController];

#pragma mark - Handle Refresh Method

-(void)handleRefresh : (id)sender
{
   NSLog (@"Pull To Refresh Method Called");
   [refreshController endRefreshing];
}

Add a refresh control directly to a UITableView without using a UITableViewController:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    let refreshControl = UIRefreshControl()
    refreshControl.addTarget(self, action: #selector(refresh(_:)), for: .valueChanged)

    if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
        tableView.refreshControl = refreshControl
    } else {
        tableView.backgroundView = refreshControl
    }
}

@objc func refresh(_ refreshControl: UIRefreshControl) {
    // Do your job, when done:
    refreshControl.endRefreshing()
}