iOS label does not update text with function in Swift [duplicate]

Answer 1

UIKit is not thread safe and should only be updated from the main thread. Downloads are done on background thread, and you cannot update UI from there. Try:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    self.statusLabel.text = "welcome"

    RemoteDataManager.getStatusUpdateFromURL { (statusData) -> Void in
        let json = JSON(data: statusData)

        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue()) {
            self.statusLabel.text = "this does not work"
            self.statusLabel.text = self.getMostRecentStatusUpdate(json) // also does not work
        }
    }
}