self.tableView reloadData not working - ios

Question

[self.tableView reloadData] not updating numberOfRowsInSection when called.
Delegate and datasource set programmatically in viewDidLoad
Also, put in a UIRefreshControl even though I'm using the tableView in a normal UIViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
UIRefreshControl *refreshControl = [[UIRefreshControl alloc]init];
[refreshControl addTarget:self action:#selector(refresh:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
self.tableView = [[UITableView alloc]initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
self.tableView.dataSource = self;
self.tableView.delegate = self;
[self.view addSubview:self.tableView];
[self.tableView addSubview:refreshControl];
}
Refresh Control calls location object to get location. Self gets notified when location object has received the location. Notification calls selector getLocation to make API call with location as parameters
- (void)refresh:(UIRefreshControl *)refreshControl {
[self.loadTableArray removeAllObjects];
LPLocationManager *locationObject = [LPLocationManager sharedManager];
[locationObject.locationManager startUpdatingLocation];
NSNotificationCenter *center = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
[center addObserver:self selector:#selector(getLocation:) name:#"locationNotification" object:nil];
[refreshControl endRefreshing];
}
GET request parameters sent to API request object and request object calls method on self that loads mutableArray. MutableArray is copied to NSArray and [self.tableView reloadData] is called but numberOfRowsInSection doesn't update.
-(void)getLocation:(NSNotification*)notifications{
self.latitude = notifications.userInfo[kSetLat];
self.longitude = notifications.userInfo[kSetLong];
self.requestObject = [[LPRequestObject alloc]init];
[self.requestObject getLocationMediaWithLat:self.latitude andLong:self.longitude];
}
-(void)updateMutableArray:(NSArray*)array{
self.loadTableArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
for (NSDictionary *dictionary in array) {
[self.loadTableArray addObject:dictionary];
}
self.loadTableArrayCopy = [self.loadTableArray copy];
[self.tableView reloadData];
}
-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section{
return [self.loadTableArrayCopy count];
}
The tableView is added to a subview in a custom container view with code to achieve in mainContentVC
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
self.locationViewController = [[LPLocationViewController alloc]init];
self.locationViewController.view.frame = self.view.bounds;
self.currentViewController = self.locationViewController;
[self addChildViewController:self.currentViewController];
[self.currentViewController didMoveToParentViewController:self];
[self.containerView addSubview:self.currentViewController.view];
self.diaryViewController = [[LPDiaryViewController alloc]init];
self.diaryViewController.view.frame = self.view.bounds;
self.settingsController = [[LPSettingsViewController alloc]init];
self.settingsController.view.frame = self.view.bounds;
if ((self.currentViewController = self.locationViewController)) {
self.locationButton.enabled = NO;
}
}