iOS UITableView not displayed - iphone

Question

I have inherited some old iOS code and have attempted to integrate it into a new iOS 6 application. I have implemented most of the code and so far everything has worked. I'm now working on the last bit of that old code. I'm implementing a set of views to show a rss for a news section of my app. I've implemented the categories view, which upon selecting an item would display the individual items within that category. However nothing gets displayed. I've made all the modifications that I'm aware of that I needed to do, however I'm no expert at iOS development and am in need of some guidance. Below is a snapshot of the simulator as it's attempting to display the view, and below that is a copy of my .h and .m files. I don't know what is preventing anything in the table from showing up. And preemptive thanks to any help!
here's the snapshot of the simulator
Here is a snapshot of the storyboard showing the linking to the Table View
Here's the .h file
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "BlogRssParser.h"
#class BlogRssParser;
#class BlogRssParserDelegate;
#class BlogRss;
#class XMLCategory;
#interface NewsViewController : UIViewController <UITableViewDataSource,UITableViewDelegate, BlogRssParserDelegate> {
BlogRssParser * _rssParser;
XMLCategory * _currItem;
}
#property (nonatomic, retain) BlogRssParser * rssParser;
#property (readwrite, retain) XMLCategory * currItem;
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITableView *itemTableView;
#end
Here is my .m file
#import "NewsViewController.h"
#import "NewsDetailsViewController.h"
#import "BlogRssParser.h"
#import "BlogRss.h"
#import "XMLCategory.h"
#define kLabelTag 1;
#interface NewsViewController ()
#end
#implementation NewsViewController
#synthesize rssParser = _rssParser;
#synthesize currItem = _currItem;
- (void)navBarInit {
UIBarButtonItem *refreshBarButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]
initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemRefresh
target:self action:#selector(reloadRss)];
[self.navigationItem setRightBarButtonItem:refreshBarButton animated:YES];
}
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
self.itemTableView.delegate = self;
self.itemTableView.dataSource = self;
- (void) viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
[self navBarInit];
[self.itemTableView reloadData];
self.itemTableView.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
}
- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated{
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
_rssParser = [[BlogRssParser alloc]init];
_rssParser.delegate = self;
[[self rssParser]startProcess:[_currItem categoryId]];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
-(void)reloadRss{
[[self rssParser]startProcess:[_currItem categoryId]];
[[self itemTableView]reloadData];
}
- (void)processCompleted{
[[self itemTableView]reloadData];
// _tableView.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
[[self itemTableView]setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
}
-(void)processHasErrors{
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"My Title" message:#"Unable to retrieve the news. Please check if you are connected to the internet."
delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:#"OK" otherButtonTitles: nil];
[alert show];
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section{
return [[[self rssParser]rssItems]count];
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
const CGFloat LABEL_TITLE_HEIGHT = 70.0;
const CGFloat LABEL_WIDTH = 210.0;
NSString * mediaUrl = [[[[self rssParser]rssItems]objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]mediaUrl];
NSData * imageData = [[NSData alloc]initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:mediaUrl]];
UIImage * imageFromImageData;
if (imageData == nil) {
imageData = [[NSData alloc]initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.urlForImage.image.png"]];
}
imageFromImageData = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData:imageData];
UITableViewCell * cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"rssItemCell"];
if(nil == cell){
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleSubtitle reuseIdentifier:#"rssItemCell"];
cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
UILabel * _topLabel =
[[UILabel alloc]
initWithFrame:
CGRectMake(
imageFromImageData.size.width + 10.0,
0.0,
LABEL_WIDTH,
LABEL_TITLE_HEIGHT)];
_topLabel.tag = kLabelTag;
_topLabel.opaque = NO;
_topLabel.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleRightMargin;
_topLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
_topLabel.textColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.25 green:0.0 blue:0.0 alpha:1.0];
_topLabel.highlightedTextColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:1.0 green:1.0 blue:0.9 alpha:1.0];
_topLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:[UIFont labelFontSize]];
_topLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
[cell.contentView addSubview:_topLabel];
}
cell.imageView.image = imageFromImageData;
UILabel * topLabel = (UILabel *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:1];
topLabel.text = [[[[self rssParser]rssItems]objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]title];
return cell;
}
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NewsDetailsViewController *tlc = [[DetailsViewController alloc]init];
tlc.currentItem = [[[self rssParser]rssItems]objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
tlc.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
[self presentViewController:tlc animated:YES completion:nil];
}
#end

Answer 1

I could not get a conclusion about the problem you are facing.
But here are few things you should check.
Because i cannot see even an empty table view in your screenshot
Do you have the TableView on the Nib file ?
It is mapped from The Nib file to the IBOutlet itemTableView ?

Answer 2

Add at least one table view cell (Drag and drop one prototype cell)..
like this
Then select that cell and give some name in "Reuse Identifier" with this identifier allow datasource..

Answer 3

First thing I would do is make sure that [[[self rssParser] rssItems] count] is actually returning > 0. Also, is this a copy&paste of your .m file? viewDidLoad is missing the closing brace, but Xcode would catch that.