After spending an entire day trying to solve this, I am really desperate for an answer. It seems like a simple task - I have a JSON array of images in the form of strings (I believe). These are not URLs, but rather image file names like "GoodLogo.png". Typically, images from JSON come in URL format, but I'm dealing with just the file extensions.
This is the JSON data I receive:
(
{
id = 1;
logo = "scriptslogo.png";
name = "scripts";
},
{
id = 2;
logo = "altrlogo.jpg";
name = "Altr";
},
{
id = 3;
logo = "bostonlogo.jpeg";
name = "Boston";
},
)
I have a variable that holds an array of strings where I store this JSON data.
Code:
var imageList = [String]()
let urlString = "https://some.url/api"
if let url = NSURL(string: urlString) {
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: url as! URL)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
let session = URLSession.shared
let task = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest) { (data, response, error) -> Void in
if let jsonObj = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data!, options: .allowFragments) as! NSArray {
let logos = jsonObj.value(forKey: "logo") as? NSArray
self.imageList = logos as! [String]
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.imageTableView.reloadData()
}
}
}
task.resume()
}
Now, my challenge is populating a table view with these images, but every approach I've tried either crashes the application or displays nothing.
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
var cellReuseID = ""
if tableView == imageTableView {
cellReuseID = "imageCell"
let cell = imageTableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellReuseID, for: indexPath) as! ImageCell
let imageName = imageList[indexPath.row]
// Attempting to convert the string to an image
if let imageData = Data(base64Encoded: imageName, options: .ignoreUnknownCharacters) {
let image = UIImage(data: imageData)
cell.cellImage.image = image
}
return cell
}
return UITableViewCell()
}