reloadData() is not reloading the data in a UITableView

Question

I have a view controller with two table views in it and all their data comes from a single object. The second table view has a TextView in it that I can use to change the model object. When I enter text in the TextView, the top TableView (without the text field) updates, but not the bottom.

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Answer 1

Tough to say what exactly is causing the problem, but it seems to be a timing issue.

In ViewController, change your didSet to this:

var timecard: Timecard? {didSet {
    if self.isViewLoaded {
        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            self.employeeTableView.reloadData()
            self.timecardTableView.reloadData()
        }
    }
}}

In your minimal example, that seems to fix the issue.

Without spending a lot more time on it, my guess would be that you've got a closure that's holding onto the cell being edited, preventing the table view from reloading? Maybe something similar to that.

On a side note -- you've got some rather unusual stuff going on. Generally a bad idea to assign things like this:

weak var viewController: ViewController?

And, it looks like your closures could be problematic in a couple ways (row index can change, looks like you're creating strong references that can cause retain cycles, etc).