Custom cells not loading in tableview? - ios

Question

I'm having the strangest issue; does anyone know why the below table view isn't loading my custom cells? And yes, the datasource and delegate are connected to the view controller :) I've done this before, but all of a sudden it's like something missing.
.h
#interface MyAccountViewController : UIViewController {
IBOutlet UITableView *StorageTableView;
NSArray *StoredItems;
NSMutableData *data;
}
.m
- (int)numberOfSectionsInTableView: (UITableView *)tableview
{
return 1;
}
- (int)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return [StoredItems count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *DoctorsTableIdentifier = #"StorageItemTableViewCell";
StorageItemTableViewCell *cell = (StorageItemTableViewCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:DoctorsTableIdentifier];
if (cell == nil)
{
NSArray *nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"StorageItemTableViewCell" owner:self options:nil];
cell = [nib objectAtIndex:0];
NSDictionary *node = [StoredItems objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
[[cell itemName] setText:[node objectForKey:#"title"]];
[[cell itemDescrip] setText:[[[[node objectForKey:#"body"] objectAtIndex:0] objectForKey:#"raw"] objectForKey:#"value"]];
}
return cell;
}
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
return 99;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
}

Answer 1

Did you register your custom cell for use?
UINib *nib = [UINib nibWithNibName:#"StorageItemTableViewCell" bundle:nil];
[self.StorageTableView registerNib:nib forCellReuseIdentifier:#"StorageItemTableViewCell"];

Answer 2

One big problem is that you only setup each cell once. You need to change your code to:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *DoctorsTableIdentifier = #"StorageItemTableViewCell";
StorageItemTableViewCell *cell = (StorageItemTableViewCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:DoctorsTableIdentifier];
if (cell == nil)
{
NSArray *nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"StorageItemTableViewCell" owner:self options:nil];
cell = [nib objectAtIndex:0];
}
cell.itemName.text = [[StoredItems objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] objectForKey:#"name"];
cell.itemDescrip.text = [[StoredItems objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] objectForKey:#"description"];
return cell;
}
You also need to make sure that [StoredItems count] is returning a non-zero value.