If no Table View results, display “No Results” on screen

Question

I have a tableview, where sometimes there might not be any results to list, so I would like to put something up that says \"no results\" if the

Answer 1

Here is the solution that worked for me.

1. Add the following code to a new file.

2. Change your table class to the custom class "MyTableView" from storyboard or .xib

(this will work for the first section only. If you want to customize more, do changes in the MyTableView reloadData() function accordingly for other sections)

public class MyTableView: UITableView {

    override public func reloadData() {
        super.reloadData()

        if self.numberOfRows(inSection: 0) == 0 {
            if self.viewWithTag(1111) == nil {
                let noDataLabel = UILabel()
                noDataLabel.textAlignment = .center
                noDataLabel.text = "No Data Available"
                noDataLabel.tag = 1111
                noDataLabel.center = self.center
                self.backgroundView = noDataLabel
            }

        } else {
            if self.viewWithTag(1111) != nil {
                self.backgroundView = nil
            }
        }
    }
}