UITableView always displays basic cell instead of custom cell in Swift - ios

Question

I spent hours of trying to fix this, but my simple app still displays the basic cell type instead of my prototype cell. I'm aware of using the identifier and registering after loading up the view, but it still displays the basic cells with just one label.
Here is my code so far:
My prototype is using this UITableViewCell:
class CoinTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
#IBOutlet weak var coinIcon: UIImageView!
#IBOutlet weak var coinTitleLabel: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var holdings: UILabel!
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
}
override func setSelected(_ selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
}
}
UITableViewController:
class CoinTableViewController: UITableViewController {
var coins = ["Coin1","Coin2","Coin3"]
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.tableView.register(CoinTableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "currency_cell")
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return coins.count
}
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell:CoinTableViewCell! = self.tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "currency_cell", for: indexPath) as! CoinTableViewCell
let coinName = coins[indexPath.row]
cell.coinTitleLabel?.text = coinName
return cell!
}
}
I would be so grateful if someone is able the help me out with this!

Answer 1

You are creating your custom cell directly on the tableview in the storyboard, right ?
If this is the case then you don't need to register the cell in your viewDidLoad as the storyboard takes care of that. You just deque it and it's good to go.
If you register it manually you just override what the storyboard did and end up getting a regular cell as the cell gets instantiated from the code instead of getting instantiated from the storyboard.
Cheers