[ios] UITableView example for Swift

I've been working with Swift and iOS for a number of months now. I am familiar with many of the ways things are done but I'm not good enough that I can just write things up without looking. I've appreciated Stack Overflow in the past for providing quick answers to get me back on track with topics I've gotten rusty on (for example, AsyncTask Android example).

iOS's UITableView is in this category for me. I've done them a few times, but I forget what the details are. I couldn't find another question on StackOverflow that just asks for a basic example and I'm looking for something shorter than many of the tutorials that are online (although this one is very good).

I am providing an answer below for my future reference and yours.

//    UITableViewCell set Identify "Cell"
//    UITableView Name is  tableReport

UIViewController,UITableViewDelegate,UITableViewDataSource,UINavigationControllerDelegate, UIImagePickerControllerDelegate {

    @IBOutlet weak var tableReport: UITableView!  

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
            return 5;
        }

        func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
            let cell = tableReport.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "Cell", for: indexPath)
            cell.textLabel?.text = "Report Name"
            return cell;
        }
}

In Swift 4.1 and Xcode 9.4.1

1. Add UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate delegated to your class.

2. Create table view variable and array.

3. In viewDidLoad create table view.

4. Call table view delegates

5. Call table view delegate functions based on your requirement.

import UIKit
// 1
class yourViewController: UIViewController , UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate { 

// 2
var yourTableView:UITableView = UITableView()
let myArray = ["row 1", "row 2", "row 3", "row 4"]

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    // 3
    yourTableView.frame = CGRect(x: 10, y: 10, width: view.frame.width-20, height: view.frame.height-200)
    self.view.addSubview(yourTableView)

    // 4
    yourTableView.dataSource = self
    yourTableView.delegate = self

}

// 5
// MARK - UITableView Delegates
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {

    return myArray.count
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

var cell : UITableViewCell? = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell")
    if cell == nil {
        cell = UITableViewCell(style: UITableViewCellStyle.default, reuseIdentifier: "cell")
    }
    if self. myArray.count > 0 {
        cell?.textLabel!.text = self. myArray[indexPath.row]
    }
    cell?.textLabel?.numberOfLines = 0

    return cell!
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {

    return 50.0
}

If you are using storyboard, no need for Step 3.

But you need to create IBOutlet for your table view before Step 4.

Here is the Swift 4 version.

import Foundation
import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource
{ 
    var tableView: UITableView = UITableView()
    let animals = ["Horse", "Cow", "Camel", "Sheep", "Goat"]
    let cellReuseIdentifier = "cell"

    override func viewDidLoad()
    {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        tableView.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 50, width: UIScreen.main.bounds.size.width, height: UIScreen.main.bounds.size.height)
        tableView.delegate = self
        tableView.dataSource = self
        tableView.register(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: cellReuseIdentifier)

        self.view.addSubview(tableView)
    }

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

    internal func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell
    {
        let cell:UITableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellReuseIdentifier) as UITableViewCell!

        cell.textLabel?.text = animals[indexPath.row]

        return cell
    }

    private func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: IndexPath)
    {
        print("You tapped cell number \(indexPath.row).")
    }

}

For completeness sake, and for those that do not wish to use the Interface Builder, here's a way of creating the same table as in Suragch's answer entirely programatically - albeit with a different size and position.

class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource  {

    var tableView: UITableView = UITableView()
    let animals = ["Horse", "Cow", "Camel", "Sheep", "Goat"]
    let cellReuseIdentifier = "cell"

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        tableView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 50, 320, 200)
        tableView.delegate = self
        tableView.dataSource = self
        tableView.registerClass(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: cellReuseIdentifier)

        self.view.addSubview(tableView)
    }

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

    func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell:UITableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(cellReuseIdentifier) as UITableViewCell!

        cell.textLabel?.text = animals[indexPath.row]

        return cell
    }

    func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
        print("You tapped cell number \(indexPath.row).")
    }

}

Make sure you have remembered to import UIKit.