Update section footer title in UITableView without reloading

I know I'm late to this thread, but I've found you can simply do this:

[self.tableView beginUpdates];
[self.tableView footerViewForSection:section].textLabel.text = @"Whatever";
[[self.tableView footerViewForSection:section].textLabel sizeToFit];
[self.tableView endUpdates];

If you have groupped table, you can use:

- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    yourLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 17)]; //I'm not sure about the frame...
    yourLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:16];
    yourLabel.shadowColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    yourLabel.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, 1);
    yourLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
    yourLabel.textColor = RGB(76, 86, 108);
    yourLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    yourLabel.opaque = NO;
    return yourLabel;
}

Declare yourLabel in your .h file. Then, you can access it via

yourLabel.text = @"whatever you want";

Please check if that works :)

For first section (ziro)

[self.tableView footerViewForSection:0].textLabel.text = @"test";