Swift - UIView inside custom UITableViewCell won't update buttons/labels - ios

Question

I'm just getting started with Swift and I'm having some weird issues with a custom UITableViewCell. The issue is I needed to have a white background inside each table cell as seen here.
I have created a custom UITableViewCell class and created IBOutlets for a image, label and button as shown below:
import UIKit
class LocationTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
#IBOutlet var locationImageView: UIImageView!
#IBOutlet var locationButton: UIButton!
#IBOutlet var locationLabel: UILabel!
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
// Initialization code
}
override func setSelected(selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
// Configure the view for the selected state
}
My view controller code is:
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource {
#IBOutlet var locationTableView: UITableView!
var skiLocation = Location(name: "Banff", picture: UIImage(named: "ski.jpeg")!)
var tundraLocation = Location(name: "Yellowknife", picture: UIImage(named: "tundra.jpeg")!)
var beachLocation = Location(name: "Cancun", picture: UIImage(named: "beach.jpeg")!)
var locations: [Location] = []
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return locations.count
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell: LocationTableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("location", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! LocationTableViewCell
cell.locationLabel.text = self.locations[indexPath.row].name
cell.locationImageView.image = self.locations[indexPath.row].picture
return cell
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
self.locations = [skiLocation, tundraLocation, beachLocation]
self.locationTableView.dataSource = self
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
}
I have approached this problem by making a UIView inside of each table view and then placing the button, label and image inside the UIView. This was just to get the white background. However, when I run my code everything shows as expected, except there is no UILabel and the UIButton is stylized as per storyboard. When I try to change the background of the label, or the button via storyboard, nothing changes. No label and just the generic button. The weird part is I am able to set the images to the UIImageView via the ViewController class.
Any thoughts?
EDIT: Here is the link to the storyboard view. I have used the identifier field in the storyboard view to link the cell.

Answer 1

You have UITableViewDataSource But UITableViewDelegateis missing.
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate {
#IBOutlet var locationTableView: UITableView!
var skiLocation = Location(name: "Banff", picture: UIImage(named: "ski.jpeg")!)
var tundraLocation = Location(name: "Yellowknife", picture: UIImage(named: "tundra.jpeg")!)
var beachLocation = Location(name: "Cancun", picture: UIImage(named: "beach.jpeg")!)
var locations: [Location] = []
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return locations.count
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell: LocationTableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("location", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! LocationTableViewCell
cell.locationLabel.text = self.locations[indexPath.row].name
cell.locationImageView.image = self.locations[indexPath.row].picture
return cell
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
self.locations = [skiLocation, tundraLocation, beachLocation]
self.locationTableView.dataSource = self
self.locationTableView.delegate = self
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
}