UiTableViewController delegate methods not called in UITableViewController subclass - ios

Question

Why isn't the numberOfSectionsInTableView method not being called? It's called if I add [self.tableView reloadData] in viewDidLoad, but even then, cellForRow does not get called.
Edit: I updated the following code to register the nib for the UITableViewCell.
In a UIViewController, I have:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
XXFeedTableViewController *tableViewController = [[XXFeedTableViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStylePlain];
tableViewController.view.frame = self.view.bounds;
[self addChildViewController:tableViewController];
}
XXFeedTableViewController.h
#interface XXFeedTableViewController : UITableViewController
#end
XXFeedTableViewController.m
#import "XXFeedTableViewController.h"
#import "XXFeedTableViewCell.h"
#interface XXFeedTableViewController ()
#end
#implementation XXFeedTableViewController
- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewStyle)style {
self = [super initWithStyle:style];
if (self) {
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
[self.tableView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:#"XXFeedTableViewCell" bundle:nil] forCellReuseIdentifier:#"XXFeedTableViewCell"];
}
#pragma mark - Table view data source
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return 5;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"XXFeedTableViewCell";
XXFeedTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
cell.textLabel.text = #"Hey";
return cell;
}
#end
Apple docs say:
If no nib file is specified or if the nib file defines no data source
or delegate, UITableViewController sets the data source and the
delegate of the table view to self. When the table view is about to
appear the first time it’s loaded, the table-view controller reloads
the table view’s data.

Answer 1

Try this, and see if it works. This is the way Apple recommends now with a nib based cell.
-(void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
[self.tableView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:#"XXFeedTableViewCell" bundle:nil] forCellReuseIdentifier:#"XXFeedTableViewCell"];
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
return 5;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"XXFeedTableViewCell";
ROFeedTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
cell.textLabel.text = #"Hey";
return cell;
}
After Edit:
In your initial controller, you should add the table view controller as a child controller before you add its subview:
XXFeedTableViewController *tableViewController = [[XXFeedTableViewController alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewStylePlain];
self addChildViewController:tableViewController];
tableViewController.view.frame = self.view.bounds;
[self.view addSubview:tableViewController.view];
[tableViewController didMoveToParentViewController:self];