Placeholders not showing

[andrecrimb]

Hey I'm writing the follow code on my tableView

`
import UIKit
import HGPlaceholders

class SentMemesTVC: UITableViewController{

var placeholderTableView: TableView?

var memes = [Meme]()

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = false
    
    reloadTable()
  
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(reloadTable), name: NSNotification.Name(rawValue: NOTIF_RELOAD_TABLE), object: nil)
    
    
    
    placeholderTableView = tableView as? TableView
    placeholderTableView?.placeholderDelegate = self as PlaceholderDelegate
    
    
    placeholderTableView?.placeholdersProvider = .basic
    placeholderTableView?.showErrorPlaceholder()
}

override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
    if segue.identifier == TO_MEME_EDITOR{
        if let memeEditor = segue.destination as? MemeMainVC{
            if let meme = sender as? Meme{
                memeEditor.meme = meme
            }
        }
    }
}

override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
    return 1
}

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

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    if let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "MemeTableCell", for: indexPath) as? MemeTableCell{
        let memeCell = memes[indexPath.row]
        cell.configureCell(meme: memeCell)
        return cell
    }
    return UITableViewCell()
}

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    let meme: Meme = memes[indexPath.row]
    performSegue(withIdentifier: TO_MEME_EDITOR, sender: meme)
}

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
    return 114
}

@objc func reloadTable(){
    let appDelegate = UIApplication.shared.delegate as! AppDelegate
    memes = appDelegate.memes
    self.tableView.reloadData()
}

@IBAction func toMemeEditor(_ sender: Any){
    performSegue(withIdentifier: TO_MEME_EDITOR, sender: nil)
}

}

extension SentMemesTVC: PlaceholderDelegate {

func view(_ view: Any, actionButtonTappedFor placeholder: Placeholder) {
    print(placeholder.key.value)
    placeholderTableView?.showDefault()
}

}

`

but nothing is happening

[HamzaGhazouani]

Hi @andrerosa189, you instantiate the table view via storyboard or by code ?

[andrecrimb]

Sorry, but how do I do that?

[andrecrimb]

Thanks, I got it

[HamzaGhazouani]

Ok :)

[kimgysen]

So does this work with Storyboard? I followed the example demo, but the placeholder doesn't show up.

[tomaculum]

How did you solve this issue? Unfortunately I am facing the same problem.

Edit:
Solved it with this setting in Storyboard for my TableView:

[anuraagdjain]

import UIKit
import HGPlaceholders

class ViewController: UIViewController,UITableViewDelegate,UITableViewDataSource {
    lazy var tableView:UITableView = {
       let tableview = UITableView()
        tableview.tableFooterView = UIView()
        tableview.allowsSelection = false
        tableview.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        tableview.register(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "cell")
        tableview.delegate = self as UITableViewDelegate
        tableview.dataSource = self as UITableViewDataSource
        return tableview
    }()
var placeHolderView:TableView?

my viewDidLoad

        placeHolderView?.delegate = self
        placeHolderView?.dataSource = self
        placeHolderView?.placeholdersProvider = .basic
        placeHolderView?.placeholderDelegate = self as? PlaceholderDelegate

After my network call I do the following.

if self.results.count == 0{
                        self.placeHolderView?.showNoResultsPlaceholder()
                    }else{
                     self.placeHolderView?.reloadData()
                    }

And nothing happens. I've verified, that my results.count is 0, and still no No Results Placeholder is displayed.

Edit: I've added the necessary constraints for my tableview and it is shows up when I use tableView.reloadData().

Where have I gone wrong?