How to Reload a UITableView While I am Looking at It
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20-08-2019 - |
Question
When I have a UITableView as part of the visible view controller, how can I reload it so that the data I am looking at changes to the new data. Just calling reload doesn't seem to refresh the data until I scroll it.
Solution
Calling the reloadData
method refreshes the data as soon as the method is called. It does not wait for the table to be scrolled. Make sure the data source (array or dictionary or wherever you've saved the values) is changed before you call reloadData
.
OTHER TIPS
Are you refreshing the data off the main thread? If so, you need to call the reloadData method using the following method:
- (void)performSelectorOnMainThread:(SEL)aSelector withObject:(id)arg waitUntilDone:(BOOL)wait
So for a tableView it would be:
[tableView performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(reloadData) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
Just a 2013 update, you should also be able to reload the data, just as long as you use
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
[self.tableView reloadData];
});
GCD is awesome!
The following code help you to reload table while you looking that:
[self.tableView reloadData];