Question

I made a custom cell in a UITableView using IB and Storyboards. The code below is the code to load that custom cell; the problem is although there is valid data in cA.cBusName and cA.cOrderDate, the cell labels (cell.busNameLabel.text, cell.orderDateLagbel.text) do not get set. Question is: Why is this not working?

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath  {

    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"CustomerListingsCell";

    CustomerListingsCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[CustomerListingsCell alloc]
                initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault 
                reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    }

    // Configure the cell...
    SingletonListOfCustomers *shareInstance = [SingletonListOfCustomers sharedInstance];
    cArray *cA = [shareInstance.listOfCustomers objectAtIndex: indexPath.row];

    cell.busNameLabel.text = cA.cBusName;
    cell.orderDateLabel.text = cA.cOrderDate;

    NSLog(@"\n\nindexPath.row: %d, busNameLabel: %@, orderDateLabel: %@", indexPath.row, cA.cBusName, cA.cOrderDate);
    NSLog(@"\nindexPath.row: %d, cell.busNameLabel: %@, cell.orderDateLabel: %@", indexPath.row, cell.busNameLabel.text, cell.orderDateLabel.text);

    return cell;

}

CustomerListingsCell is defined as:

@interface CustomerListingsCell : UITableViewCell  {

}

@property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UILabel *busNameLabel;
@property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UILabel *orderDateLabel;

@end

The NSLog statement output is:

2012-05-24 14:01:55.363 Blank Fabrics[4876:f803]

indexPath.row: 0, busNameLabel: Hidden Stitches, orderDateLabel:
05/24/2012 2012-05-24 14:01:55.364 Blank Fabrics[4876:f803]
indexPath.row: 0, cell.busNameLabel: (null), cell.orderDateLabel:
(null) 2012-05-24 14:01:55.365 Blank Fabrics[4876:f803]

indexPath.row: 1, busNameLabel: Prager, Software, orderDateLabel:
05/24/2012 2012-05-24 14:01:55.373 Blank Fabrics[4876:f803]
indexPath.row: 1, cell.busNameLabel: (null), cell.orderDateLabel:
(null)

Answer 1

Are your IBOutlets set for both the labels? Check if cell.busNameLabel is not nil…