UITableView objective-c not populating correctly - ios

Question

I am trying display cells in a UITableView but newly added cells are not displayed unless viewDidLoad is used.
This is the full list:
If I go to the New Note screen and come back this is fine but if this screen is accessed by the side menu the note title New disappears until I click on the New Note button and come back.
Below is the code for this page:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
NSMutableArray *leftButtonsArray = [self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItems mutableCopy];
UIBarButtonItem *newNoteButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"New Note" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:self action:#selector(addNote:)];
[leftButtonsArray addObject:newNoteButton];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItems = leftButtonsArray;
}
-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
self.notes = [NSMutableArray array];
ontracAppDelegate *delegate = (ontracAppDelegate*)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
NSManagedObjectContext *moc = [delegate managedObjectContext];
NSFetchRequest *request = [NSFetchRequest fetchRequestWithEntityName:#"Notes"];
[request setReturnsObjectsAsFaults:NO];
NSError *error = nil;
NSSortDescriptor *sortDescriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:#"updated" ascending:NO];
[request setSortDescriptors:#[sortDescriptor]];
NSArray *results = [moc executeFetchRequest:request error:&error];
NSSortDescriptor *sd = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:#"updated" ascending:NO];
NSArray *sortDescriptors = [NSArray arrayWithObject:sd];
NSArray *sortedArray = [results sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:sortDescriptors];
NSNumber * NOTEID = #"noteID";
NSString * PACKID = #"pack_id";
NSString * NOTE = #"note";
NSString * CREATED = #"created";
NSString * UPDATED = #"updated";
NSDictionary * dict;
[self.notes removeAllObjects];
for(Notes *note in results){
if(self.dataObject.pack_id == [note.dataObject.dataPack.pack_id integerValue]){
dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
note.noteID, NOTEID,
note.pack_id, PACKID,
note.note, NOTE,
note.created, CREATED,
note.updated, UPDATED,
nil];
if((note.created == nil || note.updated == nil || note.noteID == nil)){
[moc deleteObject:note];
}else{
[self.notes addObject:dict];
}
}
}
NSLog(#"mArray %#", self.notes);
}
-(void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated{
[super viewDidDisappear:animated];
}
-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated{
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection: (NSInteger)section
{
NSLog(#"notes count: %lu", (unsigned long)[self.notes count]);
return [self.notes count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell * cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"myCell"];
if (!cell)
{
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:#"myCell"];
}
NSMutableDictionary *d = [self.notes objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
//NSNumber *noteID = [d valueForKey:#"noteID"];
NSString *note = [d valueForKey:#"note"];
NSString *created = [d valueForKey:#"created"];
NSString *updated = [d valueForKey:#"updated"];
cell.textLabel.text = note;
cell.detailTextLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Date Created: %# | Last Updated %#", created, updated];
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
return cell;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSMutableDictionary *d = [self.notes objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
NSNumber *noteID = [d valueForKey:#"noteID"];
NID = noteID;
ontracSuperClassViewController *viewController = [[ontracNotesViewController alloc] init];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:viewController animated:YES];
}
-(IBAction)addNote:(id)sender{
NID = [NSNumber numberWithInteger:-1];
ontracSuperClassViewController *viewController = [[ontracNotesViewController alloc] init];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:viewController animated:YES];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
}

Answer 1

When you fill your array with latest updated data then you have to reload tableview to display that latest data. So, if your self.notes prints updated data properly in viewWillAppear in NSLog then you just need to reload your tableview like,
[tableView reloadData];
and if you are not getting updated data in self.notes then first solve that and then reload tableview!

Answer 2

whenever you add new note in that function after adding new node just reload the tableview

Answer 3

add this line in your viewDidLoad() method
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.Methodtablereloadata(_:)), name:"NotificationIdentifier", object: nil)
-(void) Methodtablereloadata(notification: NSNotification){
//Take Action on Notification
self.notes = [NSMutableArray array];
ontracAppDelegate *delegate = (ontracAppDelegate*)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
NSManagedObjectContext *moc = [delegate managedObjectContext];
NSFetchRequest *request = [NSFetchRequest fetchRequestWithEntityName:#"Notes"];
[request setReturnsObjectsAsFaults:NO];
NSError *error = nil;
NSSortDescriptor *sortDescriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:#"updated" ascending:NO];
[request setSortDescriptors:#[sortDescriptor]];
NSArray *results = [moc executeFetchRequest:request error:&error];
NSSortDescriptor *sd = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:#"updated" ascending:NO];
NSArray *sortDescriptors = [NSArray arrayWithObject:sd];
NSArray *sortedArray = [results sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:sortDescriptors];
NSNumber * NOTEID = #"noteID";
NSString * PACKID = #"pack_id";
NSString * NOTE = #"note";
NSString * CREATED = #"created";
NSString * UPDATED = #"updated";
NSDictionary * dict;
[self.notes removeAllObjects];
for(Notes *note in results){
if(self.dataObject.pack_id == [note.dataObject.dataPack.pack_id integerValue]){
dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
note.noteID, NOTEID,
note.pack_id, PACKID,
note.note, NOTE,
note.created, CREATED,
note.updated, UPDATED,
nil];
if((note.created == nil || note.updated == nil || note.noteID == nil)){
[moc deleteObject:note];
}else{
[self.notes addObject:dict];
}
}
}
[YOURTABLE reloadData];
}
your next viewcontoller that you add new notes . after add notes just write one line for reload table
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().postNotificationName("NotificationIdentifier", object: nil)
Refer this link
https://developer.apple.com/reference/foundation/nsnotificationcenter