How to send Json Data to Table View Array? Swift - ios

Question

I've been researching and wrecking my brain attempting to get my JSON data to load into my tableview. I've tried placing the data in a Variable & I'm able to see the data in the console when I print it, however unable to push it to my table view.
Am I doing something wrong on the data page or am I not properly accessing the data within the loop?
I've tried putting the loop in the viewdidload but haven't been successful either.
// ViewController
import Foundation
import UIKit
import SDWebImage
class EntertainmentViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {
var A = EntertainmentApi()
var data = [EntertainmentPageData]()
var AA = EntertainmentApi().userFeedPosts
#IBOutlet weak var entPostTableView: UITableView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
func showTable() {
}
entPostTableView.register(EntertainmentViewrTableViewCell.nib(), forCellReuseIdentifier: EntertainmentViewrTableViewCell.identifier)
entPostTableView.delegate = self
entPostTableView.dataSource = self
super.viewDidLoad()
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.entPostTableView.reloadData()
}
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let customCell1 = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: EntertainmentViewrTableViewCell.identifier, for: indexPath) as! EntertainmentViewrTableViewCell
customCell1.profileDisplayName.text = AA[indexPath.row].postDisplayName
self.AA.forEach({ (EntertainmentPageData) in
customCell1.configue(with: EntertainmentPageData.postDisplayName, PostImage: EntertainmentPageData.imageURLString, PostDescription: EntertainmentPageData.postDescription)
})
return customCell1
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return 2
}
func item(for index: Int) -> EntertainmentPageData {
return data[index]
}
func numberOfItems() -> Int {
return data.count
}
}
//Data
import SwiftUI
import SDWebImage
public protocol EntertainmentPagePostItem {
/// The image for the card.
var imageURLString: String { get }
/// Rating from 0 to 5. If set to nil, rating view will not be displayed for the card.
var postDescription: String? { get }
/// Will be displayed in the title view below the card.
var postDisplayName: String { get }
}
public protocol EntertainmentPagePostDataSource: class {
/// CardSliderItem for the card at given index, counting from the top.
func item(for index: Int) -> EntertainmentPagePostItem
/// Total number of cards.
func numberOfItems() -> Int
}
struct HomePagePost: Codable {
var displayName: String
var cityStatus: String
var displayDescription: String
var displayImageURL: String
var lookingFor: String
var profileImager1: String?
var profileImager2: String?
var profileImager3: String?
var profileImager4: String?
}
struct EntertainmentPageData: Codable {
let postDisplayName: String
let imageURLString: String
let postDescription: String?
}
public class entPostFly: Codable {
let postDisplayName, imageURLString, postDescription: String
}
struct eItem: EntertainmentPagePostItem {
var postDisplayName: String
var imageURLString: String
var postDescription: String?
}
public class EntertainmentApi {
var userFeedPosts = [EntertainmentPageData]()
init() {
load()
}
func load() {
guard let apiURL = URL(string: "https://api.quickques.com/....") else {
return
}
let task: () = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: apiURL) { Data, apiResponse, error in
guard let Data = Data else { return }
do {
let entPostData = try JSONDecoder().decode([EntertainmentPageData].self, from: Data)
self.userFeedPosts = entPostData
}
catch {
let error = error
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}.resume()
}
func getFeedPosts(completion: #escaping ([EntertainmentPageData]) -> () ) {
guard let apiURL = URL(string: "https://api.quickques.com/....") else {
return
}
let task: () = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: apiURL) { Data, apiResponse, error in
guard let Data = Data else { return }
do {
let entPostData = try JSONDecoder().decode([EntertainmentPageData].self, from: Data)
completion(entPostData)
}
catch {
let error = error
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}.resume()
}
}
class Api {
func getHomePagePosts(completion: #escaping ([HomePagePost]) -> Void ) {
guard let apiURL = URL(string: "https://api.quickques.com/.....") else {
return
}
let task: () = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: apiURL) { Data, apiResponse, error in
guard let Data = Data else { return }
do {
let homePostData = try JSONDecoder().decode([HomePagePost].self, from: Data)
completion(homePostData)
}
catch {
let error = error
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}.resume()
}
func getImageData(from url: URL, completion: #escaping (Data?, URLResponse?, Error?) -> ()) {
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url, completionHandler: completion).resume()
}
}
func getTopMostViewController() -> UIViewController? {
var topMostViewController = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.rootViewController
while let presentedViewController = topMostViewController?.presentedViewController {
topMostViewController = presentedViewController
}
return topMostViewController
}

Answer 1

First you have an empty function showTable inside your viewDidLoad - This does nothing. Presumably it is something hanging around from your various attempts. Delete that.
As you have probably worked out, your network fetch operation is going to occur asynchronously and you need to reload the table view once the data has been fetched.
You have some code in viewDidLoad that kind of tries to do this, but it isn't related to the fetch operation. It is just dispatched asynchronously on the next run loop cycle; This is probably still before the data has been fetched.
However, even if the data has been fetched, it won't show up because you are assigning userFeedPosts from a second instance of your API object to AA at initialisation time. This array is empty and will remain empty since Swift arrays are value types, not reference types. When userFeedPosts is updated, AA will hold the original empty array.
To load the data you need to
Start a load operation when the view loads
Pass a completion handler to that load operation to be invoked when the load is complete
Reload your table view with the new data
class EntertainmentViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {
var data = [EntertainmentPageData]()
#IBOutlet weak var entPostTableView: UITableView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
entPostTableView.register(EntertainmentViewrTableViewCell.nib(), forCellReuseIdentifier: EntertainmentViewrTableViewCell.identifier)
entPostTableView.delegate = self
entPostTableView.dataSource = self
super.viewDidLoad()
EntertainmentAPI.getFeedPosts { result in
DispatchQueue.main.async { // Ensure UI updates on main queue
switch result {
case .error(let error):
print("There was an error: \(error)")
case .success(let data):
self.data = data
self.entPostTableView.reloadData
}
}
}
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let customCell1 = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: EntertainmentViewrTableViewCell.identifier, for: indexPath) as! EntertainmentViewrTableViewCell
let post = data[indexPath.row)
customCell1.profileDisplayName.text = data[indexPath.row].postDisplayName
customCell1.configure(with: post.postDisplayName, PostImage: post.imageURLString, PostDescription: post.postDescription)
return customCell1
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return data.count
}
func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
}
public class EntertainmentAPI {
static func getFeedPosts(completion: #escaping ((Result<[EntertainmentPageData],Error>) -> Void) ) {
guard let apiURL = URL(string: "https://api.quickques.com/....") else {
return
}
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: apiURL) { data, apiResponse, error in
if let error = error {
completion(.failure(error))
return
}
guard let data = data else {
/// TODO - Invoke the completion handler with a .failure case
return
}
do {
let entPostData = try JSONDecoder().decode([EntertainmentPageData].self, from: Data)
completion(.success(entPostData))
}
catch {
completion(.failure(error))
}
}.resume()
}
}