Why UITableView is not displaying on UIViewController? - ios

Question

I am trying to set up a UITableView inside of a UIViewController. I am using storyboard. but when running it on the simulator, the tableview does not display. Here is the simple view in Xcode:
#implementation ForthViewController{
NSArray *menuItems;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
NSUserDefaults *prefs = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
NSArray *o = [prefs mutableArrayValueForKey:#"option"];
NSLog(#"%#",o);
menuItems =[NSArray arrayWithArray:o];
[self viewrequest];
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section{
return [menuItems count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
static NSString *simpleTableIdentifier = #"cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:simpleTableIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:simpleTableIdentifier];
}
cell.textLabel.text = [menuItems objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;
}
I am getting following error:
2016-11-29 11:57:44.987 Wellness_24x7[1400:46606] -[__NSCFNumber isEqualToString:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7a67d160
2016-11-29 11:57:45.010 Wellness_24x7[1400:46606] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFNumber isEqualToString:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7a67d160'
*** First throw call stack:
(
0 CoreFoundation 0x00b4da14 __exceptionPreprocess + 180
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x0060ee02 objc_exception_throw + 50
2 CoreFoundation 0x00b56d63 -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 275
3 CoreFoundation 0x00a946bd ___forwarding___ + 1037
4 CoreFoundation 0x00a9428e _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 14
5 UIKit 0x01884c1c -[UITableViewLabel setText:] + 120
6 Wellness_24x7 0x000f16c4 -[ForthViewController tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath:] + 372
7 UIKit 0x014df398 -[UITableView _createPreparedCellForGlobalRow:withIndexPath:willDisplay:] + 822
8 UIKit 0x014df4e1 -[UITableView _createPreparedCellForGlobalRow:willDisplay:] + 90
9 UIKit 0x014af948 -[UITableView _updateVisibleCellsNow:isRecursive:] + 3347
10 UIKit 0x014ce0d6 __29-[UITableView layoutSubviews]_block_invoke + 52
11 UIKit 0x014e919e -[UITableView _performWithCachedTraitCollection:] + 88
12 UIKit 0x014cdfab -[UITableView layoutSubviews] + 214
13 UIKit 0x01424008 -[UIView(CALayerDelegate) layoutSublayersOfLayer:] + 810
14 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00623059 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:] + 70
15 QuartzCore 0x0569280a -[CALayer layoutSublayers] + 144
16 QuartzCore 0x056864ee _ZN2CA5Layer16layout_if_neededEPNS_11TransactionE + 388
17 QuartzCore 0x05694d2a -[CALayer(CALayerPrivate) layoutBelowIfNeeded] + 44
18 UIKit 0x014117c0 -[UIView(Hierarchy) layoutBelowIfNeeded] + 1258
19 UIKit 0x014112c2 -[UIView(Hierarchy) layoutIfNeeded] + 82
20 UIKit 0x01585420 -[UITabBarController _layoutViewController:] + 845
21 UIKit 0x0158557a -[UITabBarController _wrapperViewForViewController:] + 262
22 UIKit 0x01591ba6 -[UITabBarController transitionFromViewController:toViewController:transition:shouldSetSelected:] + 787
23 UIKit 0x01590a0e -[UITabBarController transitionFromViewController:toViewController:] + 76
24 UIKit 0x0158c0dd -[UITabBarController _setSelectedViewController:] + 453
25 UIKit 0x0158bee4 -[UITabBarController setSelectedViewController:] + 252
26 UIKit 0x01590839 -[UITabBarController _tabBarItemClicked:] + 587
27 libobjc.A.dylib 0x006230b5 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:withObject:] + 84
28 UIKit 0x01359b79 -[UIApplication sendAction:to:from:forEvent:] + 118
29 UIKit 0x01359af8 -[UIApplication sendAction:toTarget:fromSender:forEvent:] + 64
30 UIKit 0x017a70fb -[UITabBar _sendAction:withEvent:] + 525
31 libobjc.A.dylib 0x006230b5 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:withObject:] + 84
32 UIKit 0x01359b79 -[UIApplication sendAction:to:from:forEvent:] + 118
33 UIKit 0x01359af8 -[UIApplication sendAction:toTarget:fromSender:forEvent:] + 64
34 UIKit 0x014f98f8 -[UIControl sendAction:to:forEvent:] + 79
35 UIKit 0x014f9c78 -[UIControl _sendActionsForEvents:withEvent:] + 408
36 UIKit 0x014f9938 -[UIControl sendActionsForControlEvents:] + 48
37 UIKit 0x017ace41 -[UITabBar(Static) _buttonUp:] + 123
38 libobjc.A.dylib 0x006230b5 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:withObject:] + 84
39 UIKit 0x01359b79 -[UIApplication sendAction:to:from:forEvent:] + 118
40 UIKit 0x01359af8 -[UIApplication sendAction:toTarget:fromSender:forEvent:] + 64
41 UIKit 0x014f98f8 -[UIControl sendAction:to:forEvent:] + 79
42 UIKit 0x014f9c78 -[UIControl _sendActionsForEvents:withEvent:] + 408
43 UIKit 0x014f8c7e -[UIControl touchesEnded:withEvent:] + 714
44 UIKit 0x013d6182 -[UIWindow _sendTouchesForEvent:] + 1095
45 UIKit 0x013d7220 -[UIWindow sendEvent:] + 1159
46 UIKit 0x0137bf93 -[UIApplication sendEvent:] + 266
47 UIKit 0x01351668 _UIApplicationHandleEventQueue + 7802
48 CoreFoundation 0x00a676ff __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 15
49 CoreFoundation 0x00a5d38b __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 523
50 CoreFoundation 0x00a5c7a8 __CFRunLoopRun + 1032
51 CoreFoundation 0x00a5c0e6 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 470
52 CoreFoundation 0x00a5befb CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
53 GraphicsServices 0x05133664 GSEventRunModal + 192
54 GraphicsServices 0x051334a1 GSEventRun + 104
55 UIKit 0x01357bfa UIApplicationMain + 160
56 Wellness_24x7 0x000cba6a main + 138
57 libdyld.dylib 0x033c6a21 start + 1
)
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

Answer 1

Change this line
cell.textLabel.text = [menuItems objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
with this
cell.textLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",[menuItems objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
Problem - The reason of the crash is cell.textLabel.text is expecting a NSString value and you are passing NSCFNumber in it so you need to convert NSCFNumber to NSString