How to insert rows to the top of UITableView without scrolling the table?
<p>How to insert rows to the top of UITableView without scrolling the table? The same like when when you drag to reload new tweets on twitter or messages in whatsApp</p>

<p>I tried doing another section of begin/endUpdate asking it to scroll to the 3rd index, but it didn't work. It always scrolls to the top of the tableView. I want it to stay at the same position as it was before adding the new rows.  </p>

<pre><code>    self.tableView.beginUpdates()
    let indexPath = IndexPath(row: 3, section: 0)
    self.tableView.scrollToRow(at: indexPath, at: .top, animated: false)
    self.tableView.endUpdates()
</code></pre>

<p>P.S. this is a sample project in my real project the cells varies in size based on the message size.</p>

<p>This is the link to the project:
<a href="https://github.com/akawther/TableView" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/akawther/TableView</a></p>

<pre><code>import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {

@IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!
var loadMore: UIRefreshControl!

var labels = ["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K"]

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    self.loadMore = UIRefreshControl()
    self.loadMore.attributedTitle = NSAttributedString(string: "Pull to reload more")
    self.loadMore.addTarget(self, action: #selector(ViewController.loadMoreChats), for: .valueChanged)
    self.tableView.addSubview(self.loadMore)

    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}

func loadMoreChats() {
    DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: {() -&gt; Void in
        self.tableView.beginUpdates()
        self.labels.insert("3", at: 0)
        self.labels.insert("2", at: 0)
        self.labels.insert("1", at: 0)
        let indexPaths = [
            IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0),
            IndexPath(row: 1, section: 0),
            IndexPath(row: 2, section: 0),
        ]
        self.tableView.insertRows(at: indexPaths, with: .top)
        self.tableView.endUpdates()
        self.loadMore.endRefreshing()

        self.tableView.beginUpdates()
        let indexPath = IndexPath(row: 3, section: 0)
        self.tableView.scrollToRow(at: indexPath, at: .top, animated: false)
        self.tableView.endUpdates()
    })
}


override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
    super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -&gt; Int {
    return labels.count
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -&gt; UITableViewCell {
    let cell = self.tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell") as! customCellTableViewCell

    cell.label.text = labels[indexPath.row]
    return cell
}

}
</code></pre>

<p><strong>UPDATE #1:</strong>
I have just tried it also by surrounding my second being/end update with CATransaction, but still the top displayed is 1 instead of A like I want:</p>

<pre><code>        CATransaction.begin()
        self.tableView.beginUpdates()
        CATransaction.setCompletionBlock { () -&gt; Void in
            let indexPath = IndexPath(row: 3, section: 0)
            self.tableView.scrollToRow(at: indexPath, at: .top, animated: false)
        }
        self.tableView.endUpdates()
        CATransaction.commit()
</code></pre>

<p><strong>UPDATE #2:</strong> 
The github project is updated with the answer from @beyowulf</p>