UITableView cell text not showing?

Question

Hi, I'm not seeing the text for my UITableView show up.. in fact the TableView doesn't appear to be on the screen at all because I cannot select the empty rows.

Strangely, my log in cellForRowAtIndexPath shows up ok with the expected data - I just don't see any on the screen.

 -(void)bindFriendsToTable:(NSArray *)friends{
NSLog(@"friends : %@",friends);
[sections removeAllObjects];
[sectionRows removeAllObjects];

[sections addObject:@"Friends"];
[sectionRows setObject:friends forKey:@"Friends"];  

[self.tableView reloadData];
HideActivityIndicator();

}

 - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NSString *cellsection = [sections objectAtIndex:indexPath.section];
NSArray *rowsInSection = [sectionRows valueForKey:cellsection];

static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
    cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
}

cell.textLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:14];
[cell setSelectionStyle:UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone]; 
cell.textLabel.text = [rowsInSection objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
NSLog(@"%@",cell.textLabel.text);

return cell;

}

I'm inheriting from a base class which is a UITableViewController, as I have for a dozen other screens in the project. Any idea why I'm not seeing the tableView?

Answer 1

Is your font colour the same as your background colour? If you set the accessoryType to a checkmark does it display?

      cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryCheckmark;

Answer 2

Do you have any header sections? If so make sure you return a value for heightForHeaderInSection:

-(float)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section{
      return 66;
}