UITableViewCell become nil after reloadData - ios

Question

I a UITableView called tableView. It's data array called namesArray.
I have a function that adds a name to the array that looks like this:
-(void)addName:(NSString*)name
{
[self.namesArray addObject: name];
[self.tableView reloadData];
}
After I call reloadData on tableView, the last cell (the one that was added) is not showing on tableView, numberOfRowsInSection return the actual number so there is a space for another cell but there is not an actual cell.
I was debugging cellForRowAtIndexPath and I was found out that when cellForRowAtIndexPath called for the new cell, dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier returns nil while when it called to the other cells (except when indexPath.row == 0 of course) it returns a cell.
The code for cellForRowAtIndexPath:
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *cellIdentifier=#"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell=[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
if (!cell) {
cell=[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
}
cell.textLabel.text=[self.namesArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;
}
numberOfRows:
-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return self.namesArray.count;
}
Note: if I try to print the last object of namesArray using NSLog it's looking fine (the last object is the new one that was created) so it's a problem with reloading the data of tableView
Can you please help me? Thanks!

Answer 1

check the number of rows you returns in numberOfRowsInSection
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
it should be something like:
[self.namesArray count];

Answer 2

First dataSource and delegate the tableview. after that make sure using below method with perfection
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView{
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return [your array count];
}
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *cellIdentifier=#"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell=[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
if (!cell) {
cell=[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
}
cell.textLabel.text=[self.namesArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;
}
After that reload tableView with
[_tableViewName reloadData];

Answer 3

-(void)addName:(NSString*)name
{
[self.namesArray addObject: name];
[self.tableView reloadData];
}
If you are calling this function again and again to fill the array then, do not reload tableview in this method. Because, its getting reloaded overtime you call this method and cellForRowAtIndexPath gets called every time. So, after your array gets filled completely then, reload the tableview

Answer 4

.h
#interface ViewController : UIViewController<UITableViewDataSource,UITableViewDelegate>
{
IBOutlet UITextField *txtName;
IBOutlet UITableView *tableObject;
NSMutableArray *namesArray;
}
- (IBAction)btnAdd:(UIButton *)sender;
.m
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
namesArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section;
{
return namesArray.count;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;
{
static NSString *cellIdentifier=#"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell=[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
if (!cell) {
cell=[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
}
cell.textLabel.text=[namesArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;
}
-(void)addName:(NSString*)name
{
[namesArray addObject: name];
[tableObject reloadData];
}
- (IBAction)btnAdd:(UIButton *)sender {
[self addName:txtName.text];
}