How to remove particular data from table view - ios

Question

I have list of product items to display in my table view. At the same time i have i have some other api call, Where i will pass my prodcut item name to check. If that product item is available then that particular data or item cell alone will be highlighted and it will be disabled.
Now what i need is, when i do api call, and after that if that particular data or product name is available in that api, instead of highlight and disable... I should not show that particular data in my table view.
How to do that:
override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "Cell", for: indexPath) as! AllConnectionsTableViewCell
if let contact = filtered?[indexPath.row]{
cell.emailOutlet.text = AccountDataCache.sharedInstance.displayMaskAccnt(items: product.name)
cell.nameOutlet.text = product.name
if let _ = self.checkapicall(items: product.name){
// here if my product name is availble in api, then only the backgroudnd and it will be disabled
if let product = filtered?[indexPath.row]{
cell.namelabel.text = product.name
if let _ = self.checkapicall(items: product.vpa){
cell.cellOuterView.backgroundColor = UIColor.red
cell.isUserInteractionEnabled = false
}else{
cell.cellOuterView.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
cell.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
}
}
}
Instead of chnaging BG, Disable..i should not show that data in that tableview cell.How to do that.?
Thanks

Answer 1

As you described, if your data looks like this:
name1, name2,name3, name4
Then you want to show four rows in your tableView.
If name2 is available in your API call then you want to show this:
name1, name3, name4
So what you need to do is to get all the names before you start updating the tableView. This is because you need to set how many rows you want to display in your tableView.
You could do something like this (I´m not sure how you fetch your data today, but this is an example to get you started):
// check add edit to your product
var products = [Product(name: "name1", vpa: "1"), Product(name: "name2", vpa: "2"), Product(name: "name3", vpa: "3"), Product(name: "name4", vpa: "4")]
// set the produts count
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return products.count
}
// just set the name here, don´t make any checks
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "StartPageCell", for: indexPath)
cell.namelabel.text = product.name
return cell
}
// check the names here and then reload the tableView
func checkNames() {
for product in products {
if self.checkapicall(items: product.vpa){ {
if let index = products.index(where: { $0.vpa == vpa }) {
products.remove(at: index)
}
}
}
tableView.reloadData()
}

Answer 2

First of all don't make such checks in cellForRow, make it in viewDidLoad or viewWillAppear
Add a property var isAvailable = false to your product model
In viewDidLoad or viewWillAppear check the availability of the products and set isAvailable accordingly.
Create the data source array var filtered = [Product]() (assuming Product is the data model) and filter the items filtered = allItems.filter { $0.isAvailable }
Reload the table