Xcode 8.2.1 / Swift 3 - Load TableView from Plist Array of Dictionaries

Question

I have a plist that I copied into my project to use it in a TableView. The plist loads and I verified by printing the contents and number of rows to the console. When I bu

Answer 1

Looks like you need to set your tableView delegate and datasource. Add the following lines to your viewDidLoad.

    self.tableView.delegate = self
    self.tableView.dataSource = self

You also want to move your numberOfRowsInSection and cellForRowAt functions out of viewDidLoad and add the word override in front of them.

Full code:

import UIKit

class TableViewController: UITableViewController {

    var filePath: String?
    var employees: [[String: String]] = []

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        self.tableView.delegate = self
        self.tableView.dataSource = self

        filePath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "directory", ofType: "plist")
        employees = NSArray(contentsOfFile: filePath!) as! [[String: String]]

        for item in employees {

            print(item["Name"] as Any)
            print(item.count)
            print(employees.count)
        }
    }

    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        return (employees.count)
    }

    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath) as! TableViewControllerTableViewCell
        cell.nameLabel.text = (employees[indexPath.row]["Name"]) //as! String)
        cell.positionLabel.text = (employees[indexPath.row]["Position"]) //as! String)

        return cell
    }
}