UITableViewCell Not Displaying Data - Swift Playgrounds - ios

Question

I have been trying to implement some custom cells in a table view I created in a view controller in the swift playgrounds iPad app. Please note that I have seen a lot of the other stack overflow posts dealing with similar issues but have not been able to find a solution that fixes my problem.
Here is my CustomCell Class:
class CustomCell: UITableViewCell {
let projectImage = UIImageView()
//let projectDivider = UIView()
let projectTitle = UILabel()
override func awakeFromNib() {
projectImage.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100)
//projectDivider.frame = CGRect(x: 100, y: 0, width: 20, height: 100)
projectTitle.frame = CGRect(x: 120, y: 0, width: 200, height: 100)
self.contentView.addSubview(projectImage)
//self.contentView.addSubview(projectDivider)
self.contentView.addSubview(projectTitle)
}
}
The following is my view controller code:
class AboutViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {
let tableView = UITableView()
let cellReuseIdentifier: String = "cell"
var projectTitles = ["Madhubani Coffee", "World Savvy", "Zipshare", "CrashThatCode", "Future Plans"]
var images: [UIImage] = [UIImage(named: "IMG_0061.JPG")!, UIImage(named: "IMG_0064.JPG")!, UIImage(named: "IMG_0062.JPG")!, UIImage(named: "IMG_0062.JPG")!, UIImage(named: "IMG_0062.JPG")!]
override func viewDidLoad() {
view.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
tableView.frame = CGRect(x: -82.5, y: 250, width: 600, height: 600)
tableView.delegate = self
tableView.dataSource = self
tableView.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
self.tableView.register(CustomCell.self as AnyClass, forCellReuseIdentifier: cellReuseIdentifier)
view.addSubview(tableView)
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return 5
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
var cell = self.tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellReuseIdentifier, for: indexPath) as! CustomCell
if cell == nil {
cell = UITableViewCell(style: UITableViewCellStyle.default, reuseIdentifier: cellReuseIdentifier) as! CustomCell
}
cell.projectImage.image = images[indexPath.row]
cell.projectTitle.text = projectTitles[indexPath.row]
cell.clipsToBounds = true
return cell
}
}
I don't know what the problem is. It seems that the cells simply do not display. Any help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

Your problem is that you don't have a nib (or xib) file to do an awakeFromNib from.
Try doing this for your CustomCell instead:
class CustomCell: UITableViewCell {
let projectImage = UIImageView()
//let projectDivider = UIView()
var projectTitle = UILabel()
override init(style: UITableViewCellStyle, reuseIdentifier: String?) {
super.init(style: style, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)
projectImage.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 30)
//projectDivider.frame = CGRect(x: 100, y: 0, width: 20, height: 100)
projectTitle.frame = CGRect(x: 10, y: 0, width: 200, height: 30)
projectTitle.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 20.0)
//self.contentView.addSubview(projectImage)
//self.contentView.addSubview(projectDivider)
self.contentView.addSubview(projectTitle)
}
required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
}