ios - UITableView updates for correct number of managedObjects, but won't display values -

i have tableviewcontroller displays "add" (static) cell @ top , want list attributes of objects (dynamic cells) pulled managedobjectcontext. found this post helpful in getting "add" cell working, i've saved objects to managedobjectcontext, i've discovered doesn't display attributes of objects in managedobjectcontext.

to "see" what's going on, made "dynamic" cells orange. when add categories managedobjectcontext, # of orange cells updates properly, can't attribute of managedobject (an nsstring) display in cell.

i threw breakpoint in after fetchrequest completed see if there locationcategories (my nsmanagedobject) in array--there are.

categorytvc.h

@property (nonatomic, strong) nsmanagedobjectcontext *managedobjectcontext; @property (nonatomic, strong) locationcategory *category; 

categorytvc.m

    #define number_of_static_cells 1 // can updated      // sets array dump locationcategories     @property (nonatomic, strong) nsarray *locationcategories;      // cell identifier strings     static nsstring *dynamicidentifier = @"dynamicidentifier";     static nsstring *staticidentifier = @"staticidentifier";   - (void)viewwillappear:(bool)animated {     [super viewwillappear:animated];      self.title = @"select category";      // core data     appdelegate *appdelegate = (appdelegate *)[[uiapplication sharedapplication]delegate];     self.managedobjectcontext = [appdelegate managedobjectcontext];      nsfetchrequest *fetchrequest = [[nsfetchrequest alloc] init];     [fetchrequest setentity:[nsentitydescription entityforname:@"locationcategory" inmanagedobjectcontext:self.managedobjectcontext]];     nssortdescriptor *sortdescriptor = [[nssortdescriptor alloc] initwithkey:@"categoryname" ascending:yes];     nsarray *sortdescriptors = [[nsarray alloc] initwithobjects:&sortdescriptor count:1];     [fetchrequest setsortdescriptors:sortdescriptors];     nsarray *categories = [self.managedobjectcontext executefetchrequest:fetchrequest error:nil];     self.locationcategories = categories; // duplicate line above, modeling apple's sample code }  - (void)viewdidload {     [super viewdidload];     [self.tableview registerclass:[uitableviewcell class] forcellreuseidentifier:dynamicidentifier];     [self.tableview registerclass:[uitableviewcell class] forcellreuseidentifier:staticidentifier];  }  - (nsstring *)tableview:(uitableview *)tableview titleforheaderinsection:(nsinteger)section {     if (section == 0) {         return @"";     } else if (section == 1) {         return @"categories";     } else {         // shut compiler         return nil;     } }  - (nsinteger)numberofsectionsintableview:(uitableview *)tableview {     return 2; }  - (nsinteger)tableview:(uitableview *)tableview numberofrowsinsection:(nsinteger)section {     if (section == 0) {         return 1;     } else {         return self.locationcategories.count;     } }  - (uitableviewcell *)tableview:(uitableview *)tableview cellforrowatindexpath:(nsindexpath *)indexpath {     if (indexpath.section == 0) {         uitableviewcell *cell = [tableview dequeuereusablecellwithidentifier:staticidentifier];          if (cell == nil) {             cell = [[uitableviewcell alloc]initwithstyle:uitableviewcellstyledefault reuseidentifier:staticidentifier];         }          cell.textlabel.text = @"create new category";         return cell;     } else if (indexpath.section == 1) {         uitableviewcell *cell = [tableview dequeuereusablecellwithidentifier:dynamicidentifier];          if (cell == nil) {             cell = [[uitableviewcell alloc]initwithstyle:uitableviewcellstyledefault reuseidentifier:dynamicidentifier];         }          nsmanagedobject *locationcategory = [self.locationcategories objectatindex:indexpath.row];         cell.textlabel.text = [locationcategory valueforkey:@"categoryname"];         cell.backgroundcolor = [uicolor orangecolor]; // todo: gives cell color see how many self.locationcategories there         return cell;     }     return nil; } 

just sake of completeness, i'm adding locationcategory class below:

**locationcategory.h** #import <foundation/foundation.h> #import <coredata/coredata.h>  @class pointofinterest;  @interface locationcategory : nsmanagedobject  @property (nonatomic, retain) id categorycolor; @property (nonatomic, retain) nsstring * categoryname; @property (nonatomic, retain) nsset *pointofinterest; @end  **locationcategory.m**  #import "locationcategory.h" #import "pointofinterest.h"  @implementation locationcategory  @dynamic categorycolor; @dynamic categoryname; @dynamic pointofinterest;  @end 

you need call reloaddata on table view after fetch request (so last line in viewwillappear).

also, when register class cells, there's no need if (cell==nil) clause because cell never nil.