UITableViewCell not showing detailTextLabel.text - Swift

Question

The detail (subtitle) text does not appear. The data are available, though, because when a println() call is added, it prints Optional(\"data\") to the console with the expe

Answer 1

Here is how it works for swift 5, to get a subtitle using detailtextlabel, using a UITableView object within a view controller, if you are missing any of these, it will not work and will probably crash.

class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate,  UITableViewDataSource

In viewDidLoad:

tableView.register(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "subtitleCell")

Delegate Function:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    // Fetch a cell of the appropriate type.
    let cell = UITableViewCell(style: .subtitle , reuseIdentifier: "subtitleCell")

    // Configure the cell’s contents.
    cell.textLabel!.text = "Main Cell Text"
    cell.detailTextLabel?.text = "Detail Cell Text"

    return cell
}