API Call is not reloading on TableView (with MVVM) - swift

Question

I'm building an app that works with GEODb Rapid API. It should decode country names and put them in TableView Cells.
Working with MVVM pattern and getting the result of api in my modelView.
My modelView looks as below:
class HomePageViewModel {
var color = UIColor.white
var apiResult: APIResult?
init() {
getAPIResult()
}
private func getAPIResult() {
APIHandler.urlRequest { results in
print(results)
self.apiResult = results
}
}
}
I do get the data. Printing the result is shown as below on terminal.
2021-11-27 19:01:07.687230+0300 Countries[32016:2991279] [boringssl] boringssl_metrics_log_metric_block_invoke(144) Failed to log metrics
APIResult(data: [Countries.APIResultKeys(name: "Vatican City"), Countries.APIResultKeys(name: "Ethiopia"), Countries.APIResultKeys(name: "Montenegro"), Countries.APIResultKeys(name: "Namibia"), Countries.APIResultKeys(name: "Ghana")])
2021-11-27 19:03:28.937963+0300 Countries[32016:2991
I'm aware of boringss1 issue but will handle it later for now.
My main class is as below. I am initializing the class with the viewModel. So I'm getting the data from the main model.
class HomePageViewController: UIViewController {
deinit {
print("HomePageViewController Deinit")
}
//MARK: - Computed Properties
private lazy var countriesTableView: UITableView = {
let temp = UITableView()
temp.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
temp.delegate = self
temp.dataSource = self
temp.register(CountriesTableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: CountriesTableViewCell.identifier) //Registering Cell
temp.separatorStyle = .none // Removing lines out of tableView
return temp
}()
private var viewModel: HomePageViewModel?
//MARK: - LifeCycle
init(with viewModel: HomePageViewModel) {
self.viewModel = viewModel
super.init(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
setupViews()
setupConstraintsForViews()
}
required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
I'm trying to change the text label of the cell inside my main class and via the UITableView stubs as below. But the labels are not changing. I tried to reload the table view in cellForRowAt function but when I do that my table view just disappears.
So what am I doing wrong?
Excuse me if I'm not explaining properly.
extension HomePageViewController: UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return 10
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
guard let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: CountriesTableViewCell.identifier, for: indexPath) as? CountriesTableViewCell else { return UITableViewCell() }
cell.countryLabel.text = viewModel?.apiResult?.data[indexPath.row].name
return cell
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
return 60
}