self.tableView.reloadData() not working in Swift

Question

I\'m attempting to learn Swift & the basics of iOS dev at the same time, so bear with me. I\'ve got a TableViewController that is

Answer 1

You have just to enter:

First a IBOutlet:

@IBOutlet var appsTableView : UITableView

Then in a Action func:

self.appsTableView.reloadData()

Answer 2

Beside the obvious reloadData from UI/Main Thread (whatever Apple calls it), in my case, I had forgotten to also update the SECTIONS info. Therefor it did not detect any new sections!

Answer 3

So, the issue was that I was trying to inappropriately use @lazy, which caused my Business variable to essentially be a constant, and thusly uneditable. Also, instead of loading the local json, I'm now loading only the data returned from the API.

import UIKit

class BusinessTableViewController: UITableViewController {

    var data: NSMutableData = NSMutableData()
    var Business: NSMutableArray = NSMutableArray()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        navigationItem.titleView = UIImageView(image: UIImage(named: "growler"))

        tableView.registerClass(BeerTableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "cell")
        tableView.separatorStyle = .None

        fetchKimono()
    }

    override func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView!) -> Int {
        return Business.count
    }

    override func tableView(tableView: UITableView?, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        if (Business.count > 0) {
            let biz = Business[section] as NSDictionary
            let beers = biz["results"] as NSArray
            return beers.count
        } else {
            return 0;
        }
    }

    override func tableView(tableView: UITableView?, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath?) -> UITableViewCell? {
        let cell = tableView!.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell", forIndexPath: indexPath!) as BeerTableViewCell
        if let path = indexPath {
            let biz = Business[path.section] as NSDictionary
            let beers = biz["results"] as NSArray
            let beer = beers[path.row] as NSDictionary

            cell.titleLabel.text = beer["BeerName"] as String
        } else {
            cell.titleLabel.text = "Loading"
        }

        return cell
    }

    override func tableView(tableView: UITableView!, viewForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> UIView! {
        let view = LocationHeaderView()
        let biz = Business[section] as NSDictionary
        if (Business.count > 0) {
            let count = "\(Business.count)"
            view.titleLabel.text = (biz["name"] as String).uppercaseString
        }
        return view
    }

    override func tableView(tableView: UITableView!, heightForHeaderInSection section: Int) -> CGFloat {
        return 45
    }

    func fetchKimono() {
        var urlPath = "names have been removed to protect the innocent"
        var url: NSURL = NSURL(string: urlPath)
        var request: NSURLRequest = NSURLRequest(URL: url)
        var connection: NSURLConnection = NSURLConnection(request: request, delegate: self, startImmediately: false)

        connection.start()
    }

    func connection(didReceiveResponse: NSURLConnection!, didReceiveResponse response: NSURLResponse!) {
        // Recieved a new request, clear out the data object
        self.data = NSMutableData()
    }

    func connection(connection: NSURLConnection!, didReceiveData data: NSData!) {
        // Append the recieved chunk of data to our data object
        self.data.appendData(data)
    }

    func connectionDidFinishLoading(connection: NSURLConnection!) {
        // Request complete, self.data should now hold the resulting info
        // Convert the retrieved data in to an object through JSON deserialization
        var err: NSError
        var jsonResult: NSDictionary = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers, error: nil) as NSDictionary
        var results: NSDictionary = jsonResult["results"] as NSDictionary
        var collection: NSArray = results["collection1"] as NSArray
        if jsonResult.count>0 && collection.count>0 {
            Business = jsonResult
            tableView.reloadData()
        }
    }
}

Swift Docs on @lazy:

You must always declare a lazy property as a variable (with the var keyword), because its initial value may not be retrieved until after instance initialization completes. Constant properties must always have a value before initialization completes, and therefore cannot be declared as lazy.

Answer 4

You must reload your TableView in main thread only. Otherwise your app will be crashed or will be updated after some time. For every UI update it is recommended to use main thread.

//To update UI only this below code is enough
//If you want to do changes in UI use this
DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: {
    //Update UI
    self.tableView.reloadData()//Your tableView here
})

//Perform some task and update UI immediately.
DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInitiated).async {  
    // Call your function here
    DispatchQueue.main.async {  
        // Update UI
        self.tableView.reloadData()  
    }
}

//To call or execute function after some time and update UI
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 5.0) {
    //Here call your function
    //If you want to do changes in UI use this
    DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: {
        //Update UI
        self.tableView.reloadData()
    })
}

Answer 5

In my case the table was updated correctly, but setNeedDisplay() was not called for the image so I mistakenly thought that the data was not reloaded.

Answer 6

Try it: tableView.reloadSections(IndexSet(integersIn: 0...0), with: .automatic) It helped me