Add Storyboard UITableView and custom UITableViewCells to UIScrollView programmatically - uitableview

Question

In my Storboard, I have a UIViewController (ParentClass) -> UIScrollView (linked to Parent) -> UITableView (linked to Parent) -> UITableViewCell (2 cells, each with their own Class).
What I'm trying to do is add several instances of the UITableView (with the custom cells) into the UIScrollView.
I am close with the following code, but the cells are coming up empty:
self._scrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, self.view.frame.size.height)];
self._scrollView.pagingEnabled = YES;
self._scrollView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = NO;
self._scrollView.alwaysBounceVertical = NO;
NSInteger numberOfViews = 22;
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfViews; i++) {
CGFloat xOrigin = i * self.view.frame.size.width;
UITableViewController *theTableView = [[UITableViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];
theTableView.tableView.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleNone;
theTableView.tableView.frame = CGRectMake(xOrigin, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, self._scrollView.frame.size.height);
theTableView.tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:246/255.0 green:248/255.0 blue:249/255.0 alpha:1];
theTableView.tableView.delegate = self;
theTableView.tableView.dataSource = self;
theTableView.tableView.tag = 100+i;
[self._scrollView addSubview:theTableView.tableView];
}
self._scrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(self.view.frame.size.width * numberOfViews, self.view.frame.size.height);
[self.view addSubview:self._scrollView];
All the tables show up and all the pages are there and the scroll as they should, but the Custom Cell layouts are not showing up.
Here's the code I use to layout the tables:
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
return 5;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return 2;
}
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
if ([indexPath row] == 0) {
return 127.0;
} else {
return 56.0;
}
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
if (indexPath.row == 0) {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"MealImageCell";
MealImageCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[MealImageCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
[self configureImageCell:cell atIndexPath:indexPath];
return cell;
} else {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"MealInfoCell";
MealInfoCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[MealInfoCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
[self configureInfoCell:cell atIndexPath:indexPath];
return cell;
}
}
- (void)configureImageCell:(MealImageCell *)cell atIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NSMutableDictionary *dictMeal = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
if ([arrayMeals count]) {
dictMeal = [arrayMeals objectAtIndex:indexPath.section];
cell.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
} else {
cell.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
}
[cell.imageFood sd_setImageWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[dictMeal valueForKey:#"img_src"]]
placeholderImage:[UIImage imageNamed:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"meal%li.jpeg",(long) indexPath.section+1]]];
}
- (void)configureInfoCell:(MealInfoCell *)cell atIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
NSString *mealName;
if ([arrayMeals count]) {
NSMutableDictionary *dictMeal = [arrayMeals objectAtIndex:indexPath.section];
cell.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
if ([dictMeal valueForKey:#"mealDescription"] == [NSNull null]) {
mealName = NSLocalizedString(#"No Name", nil);
} else if ([[dictMeal valueForKey:#"mealDescription"] isEqualToString:#""]) {
mealName = NSLocalizedString(#"Deleted", nil);
} else {
mealName = [decodeHTMLEntities decodeHTMLEntities:[[dictMeal valueForKey:#"mealDescription"] stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding]];
}
} else {
cell.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
mealName = NSLocalizedString(#"Loaing Meal...", nil);
}
cell.labelFood.text = mealName;
}
Without the scrollView, the table is populated as it should be.

Answer 1

The answer is to relace:
MealImageCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
with
MealImageCell *cell = [_myTablView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
with _myTableView being the IBOutlet for the table view in Storyboard.