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

Swift Version of above code :-

func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {

    var numOfSection: NSInteger = 0

    if CCompanyLogoImage.count > 0 {

        self.tableView.backgroundView = nil
        numOfSection = 1


    } else {

        var noDataLabel: UILabel = UILabel(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, self.tableView.bounds.size.width, self.tableView.bounds.size.height))
        noDataLabel.text = "No Data Available"
        noDataLabel.textColor = UIColor(red: 22.0/255.0, green: 106.0/255.0, blue: 176.0/255.0, alpha: 1.0)
        noDataLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.Center
        self.tableView.backgroundView = noDataLabel

    }
    return numOfSection
}

But If you are loading Information From a JSON , you need to check whether the JSON is empty or not , therefor if you put code like this it initially shows "No data" Message then disappear. Because after the table reload data the message hide. So You can put this code where load JSON data to an array. SO :-

func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {

    return 1
}

func extract_json(data:NSData) {


    var error: NSError?

    let jsonData: AnyObject? = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options:NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers , error: &error)
    if (error == nil) {
        if let jobs_list = jsonData as? NSArray
        {
            if jobs_list.count == 0 {

                var noDataLabel: UILabel = UILabel(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, self.tableView.bounds.size.width, self.tableView.bounds.size.height))
                noDataLabel.text = "No Jobs Available"
                noDataLabel.textColor = UIColor(red: 22.0/255.0, green: 106.0/255.0, blue: 176.0/255.0, alpha: 1.0)
                noDataLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.Center
                self.tableView.backgroundView = noDataLabel

            }

            for (var i = 0; i < jobs_list.count ; i++ )
            {
                if let jobs_obj = jobs_list[i] as? NSDictionary
                {
                    if let vacancy_title = jobs_obj["VacancyTitle"] as? String
                    {
                        CJobTitle.append(vacancy_title)

                        if let vacancy_job_type = jobs_obj["VacancyJobType"] as? String
                        {
                            CJobType.append(vacancy_job_type)

                            if let company_name = jobs_obj["EmployerCompanyName"] as? String
                            {
                                CCompany.append(company_name)

                                    if let company_logo_url = jobs_obj["EmployerCompanyLogo"] as? String
                                    {
                                        //CCompanyLogo.append("http://google.com" + company_logo_url)

                                        let url = NSURL(string: "http://google.com" + company_logo_url )
                                        let data = NSData(contentsOfURL:url!)
                                        if data != nil {
                                            CCompanyLogoImage.append(UIImage(data: data!)!)
                                        }

                                        if let vacancy_id = jobs_obj["VacancyID"] as? String
                                        {
                                            CVacancyId.append(vacancy_id)

                                        }

                                    }

                            }

                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    do_table_refresh();


}

func do_table_refresh() {

    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), {
        self.tableView.reloadData()
        return
    })
}