Issue with TableView and Firebase implementation (Swift) - swift

Question

I want to connect my TableView to what I query from Firestore. The query works, but I can't get the TableView to show the content. Right now its just a blank tableView. The TableViewCell file also has no issues, since it worked before without the firebase implementation (The Cell is registered correctly).
I suspect that the issue is in cellForRowAt and tried played around in there, but couldn't get anything to work.
Can you find the issue?
import UIKit
import Firebase
class popularViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource{
#IBOutlet var table: UITableView!
var texttt = [TextPost]()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
gettingPosts()
table.register(textTableViewCell.nib(), forCellReuseIdentifier: textTableViewCell.identifier)
table.delegate = self
table.dataSource = self
}
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidAppear(true)
gettingPosts()
}
func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
let alle = models.count + texttt.count
return alle
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: textTableViewCell.identifier, for: indexPath) as! textTableViewCell
cell.configure(with: texttt[indexPath.row])
return cell
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
return 300
}
func gettingPosts(){
let db = Firestore.firestore()
let postsRef = db.collection("posts")
postsRef.addSnapshotListener { (querySnapshot, error) in
guard let snapshot = querySnapshot else {
print("Error fetching snapshots: \(error!)")
return
}
snapshot.documentChanges.forEach { diff in
if (diff.type == .added){
let data = diff.document.data()
let Name = data["username"] as! String
let text = data["description"] as! String
let likes = data["likes"] as! Int
let typ = data["postType"] as! Int
let pfp = data["profileImage"] as! String
let uid = data["uid"] as! String
let pic = data["picture"]
let time = data["time"] as! String
if typ == 0{ // Text post
let dasDing = TextPost(numberOfComments: 0, username: Name, timestampName: time, userImageName: pfp, textName: text)
self.texttt.append(dasDing)
}
}
}
}
}
}
struct TextPost {
let numberOfComments: Int
let username: String
let timestampName: String
let userImageName: String
let textName: String
}

Answer 1

You need to reload data once you get data from firebase
func gettingPosts(){
let db = Firestore.firestore()
let postsRef = db.collection("posts")
postsRef.addSnapshotListener { (querySnapshot, error) in
guard let snapshot = querySnapshot else {
print("Error fetching snapshots: \(error!)")
return
}
snapshot.documentChanges.forEach { diff in
if (diff.type == .added){
let data = diff.document.data()
let Name = data["username"] as! String
let text = data["description"] as! String
let likes = data["likes"] as! Int
let typ = data["postType"] as! Int
let pfp = data["profileImage"] as! String
let uid = data["uid"] as! String
let pic = data["picture"]
let time = data["time"] as! String
if typ == 0{ // Text post
let dasDing = TextPost(numberOfComments: 0, username: Name, timestampName: time, userImageName: pfp, textName: text)
self.texttt.append(dasDing)
}
}
}
DispatchQueue.main.async {
tableView.reloadData()
}
}
}