UITable View Cell not Appearing in Swift - ios

Question

So I added a table view to a normal view controller and inside that table view I made a prototype cell. Ive done some work to make the cell appear but it won't. How do I fix this? Here is my code:
import UIKit
class NewsScreenViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {
#IBOutlet weak var trendingButton: UITabBarItem!
#IBOutlet weak var newestButton: UITabBarItem!
#IBOutlet weak var topJournalists: UITabBarItem!
#IBOutlet weak var tabBar: UITabBar!
#IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.tableView.registerClass(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "cell")
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return 1
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
return UITableViewCell()
var cell:UITableViewCell = self.tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell")! as UITableViewCell
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
}
}

Answer 1

You need to return cell after you get the cell and give it something to display. Try something more like this
let fillTableViewArray = [String]()
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = self.tableView.dequeueReuseableCellWithIdentifier("cell")
//now that you have that cell you have to put something into it. For example an Array of strings, can be used to fill the table view
cell!.textLabel?.text = fillTableViewArray[indexPath.row]
return cell!
}
If you want to do this in the storyboard, you can instead add a label to the prototype cell in the storyboard, set an integer value for the label's tag, and then find the label by adding these two lines after you do let cell = ...
let label = cell.viewWithTag(100) as UILabel!
label.text = fillTableViewArray[indexPath.row]
I hope this helps fix your issue