Custom table view cells show up blank - ios

Question

I have a regular view controller (not a table view controller) and on that view I have a tableview. My table view cells are custom and I just made them through storyboards (didn't do anything in the code) but when I run my application, the tableview is blank. Any ideas as to why tho is happening to me? I have looked at other things on here but all of these other scenarios have to do with the person using an NSArray to fill out the tableview in the code, but mine is custom so I am not doing that. Thanks for any help. And before you mark this duplicate, please actually read this.
my code is as follows:
#interface TTViewController ()
{
NSArray *messageComponents;
}
#end
#implementation TTViewController
#synthesize dateTimePicker, messageSetupTableView;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
self.title = #"Message Setup";
messageComponents = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:#"Recipient",#"Message", #"Date",#"haha", nil];
messageSetupTableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor groupTableViewBackgroundColor];
messageSetupTableView.alpha = 0.9;
}
#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Table view data source
-(NSInteger) numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *) tableView{
return [messageComponents count];
}
-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *) tableVew numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section{
return 1;
}
// Customize the appearance of table view cells.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone) {
}
}
// Configure the cell.
cell.textLabel.text = [messageComponents objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.imageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:[messageComponents objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
UIColor *selectedColor = [UIColor blueColor];
UIView *myBackgroundColor = [[UIView alloc] init];
[myBackgroundColor setBackgroundColor:selectedColor];
[cell setSelectedBackgroundView:myBackgroundColor];
return cell;
I want my table view to have a date picker in one section, a textview in the other, and a button and a few text fields in the other. Thanks

Answer 1

A couple of suggestions:
First make sure that UITableView's delegate and datasource are mapped or not either from IB or programmatically.
Put a break point on cellForRowAtIndexPath delegate function and see if it comes in this functions, and make sure you are using this function to create your custom cells.
Double check your have at least one row in your tableView using something similar:
- (NSInteger)numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return 5; // for test pass value 5 so tableView should aware to display 5 rows.
}
Hope it helps!