Custom UITableViewCell not appearing - ios

Question

I've got a UITableViewController with a custom cell view. I created an empty Interface Builder document, then added a Table View Cell, then added a label to it. The Table View Cell has a corresponding class that extends UITableViewCell. The Table View Cell's label in Interface Builder is linked (outet) to the var in my custom class
class MyTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
#IBOutlet var someLabel: UILabel!
The problem is that the the custom cell never renders, it's always blank (I tried the background color trick too). I never see the label. In fact the label is always null.
In my UITableViewController's viewDidLoad(), I've tried
let nib = UINib(nibName: "MyTableCellView", bundle: nil)
tableView.registerNib(nib, forCellReuseIdentifier: "myCell")
as well as
tableView.registerClass(MyTableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "myCell")
I also have
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("myCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! MyTableViewCell
print("cellForRowAtIndexPath, cell = \(cell), someLabel = \(cell.someLabel)")
return cell
}
At runtime it is dequeueing as cell is non-null, however cell.someLabel is nil.
What does it take to have a custom table view cell render?

Answer 1

someLabel has no value. Try:
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("myCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! MyTableViewCell
cell.someLabel.text = "Put label text here"
return cell
}

Answer 2

I usually do this way. I load the xib file within the custom table view cell class.
class MyTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {
#IBOutlet weak var label: UILabel!
override init(style: UITableViewCellStyle, reuseIdentifier: String?) {
super.init(style: style, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)
xibSetup()
}
required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
super.init(coder: aDecoder)!
xibSetup()
}
func xibSetup() {
cell = loadViewFromNib()
cell.frame = self.bounds
cell.autoresizingMask = [UIViewAutoresizing.FlexibleWidth, UIViewAutoresizing.FlexibleHeight]
addSubview(cell)
}
func loadViewFromNib() -> UITableViewCell {
let bundle = NSBundle(forClass: self.dynamicType)
let nib = UINib(nibName: "MyTableViewCell", bundle: bundle)
let cell = nib.instantiateWithOwner(self, options: nil)[0] as! UITableViewCell
return cell
}
}
Along with:
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("myCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! MyTableViewCell
print("cellForRowAtIndexPath, cell = \(cell), someLabel = \(cell.someLabel)")
return cell
}
One other thing to do is to set the File's Owner in MyTableViewCell.xib file to MyTableViewCell class.