I have created a new Xcode project using Storyboards (tab view template). I added a couple of view controllers to my storyboard, and wanted to use a UITableView with static
I was experiencing the same problem, and the fix that worked for me was to present the static UITableViewController subclass using performSegue. Presenting the old way with [[self navigationController] present...] did not result in the static table view properly loading its cells.