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iOS

Posted by Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

adding text to table view when there are errors getting data

Im trying to figure out how i can add a text label or something over the table table view when there are errors getting data, when the cells are empty

So since all the cells of the table view are empty, I want to add some text over them that provides some information so its not an empty screen

I tried 

UILabel *errorLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(60, 368, 200, 200)];
        errorLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
        errorLabel.text = @"some error text";
        errorLabel.numberOfLines = 4;

        [self.view addSubview:errorLabel];

but that didnt work. any tips? Amit Bijlani

edit:

I also tried

UILabel *errorLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(60, 368, 200, 200)];
 errorLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
 errorLabel.text = @"some error text";
 errorLabel.numberOfLines = 4;

[self.view.superview addSubview:errorLabel];
[self.view.superview bringSubviewToFront:errorLabel];

1 Answer

Raissa de Guzman
Raissa de Guzman
645 Points
Raissa de Guzman
Raissa de Guzman
645 Points

Hi there!

I'd like a little more context here. Are you writing this from a subclass of tableview or did you init a tableview in some other view? Also, where do you mean to add the label? inside the cell or as an overlay on the tableview?