TableView Content not showing up - ios

Question

I've created a UITableView inside my ViewController. Here's the code I've added to fill the TableView with content. However, no content is showing up. I've created a customized tableView Cell which I am calling in the cellNib as PostTableViewCell. When the program is running, it shows the prototype cells with the divider lines, but none of the custom content.
import Foundation
import UIKit
import Firebase
class HomeViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {
var tableView:UITableView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
tableView = UITableView(frame: view.bounds, style: .plain)
//tableView.backgroundColor = UIColor.blue
let cellNib = UINib(nibName: "PostTableViewCell", bundle: nil)
tableView.register(cellNib, forCellReuseIdentifier: "postCell")
view.addSubview(tableView)
var layoutGuide:UILayoutGuide!
if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
layoutGuide = view.safeAreaLayoutGuide
} else {
layoutGuide = view.layoutMarginsGuide
}
tableView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: layoutGuide.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
tableView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: layoutGuide.topAnchor).isActive = true
tableView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: layoutGuide.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
tableView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: layoutGuide.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
tableView.delegate = self
tableView.dataSource = self
tableView.reloadData()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}
func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return 12
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "postCell", for: indexPath) as! PostTableViewCell
return cell
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
/*
// MARK: - Navigation
// In a storyboard-based application, you will often want to do a little preparation before navigation
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
// Get the new view controller using segue.destinationViewController.
// Pass the selected object to the new view controller.
}
*/
}

Answer 1

You're not actually configuring the cell in your tableView:cellForRowAt: method:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "postCell", for: indexPath) as! PostTableViewCell
return cell
}
Typically you need to insert values into the elements of your custom cell. The "content" of your cell label text, images etc is usually inserted into the cells elements in this method. If you look at the code in a new Xcode project you will see:
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "Cell", for: indexPath)
let object = objects[indexPath.row] as! NSDate
cell.textLabel!.text = object.description
return cell
}
Note the line retrieving the data: let object = objects[indexPath.row] as! NSDate
Followed by the line in setting the text value of the textLabel:
cell.textLabel!.text = object.description

Answer 2

Code looks right..
Make sure you have assign content to table cell in cellForRowAt datasource methods.