Paging a TableView, but DataSource/Delegates not executing - objective-c

Question

I am having problems with getting the datasource or delegate methods to execute.
I am using a Paging View in my MainViewController and it pages just fine, but when it comes to the tableview is blank and when I put a breakpoint where the datasource methods are, it never gets called.
MainViewController to Load the View
if ((NSNull *)controller2 == [NSNull null])
{
if(page == 2)
{
controller2 = [[requestDetailThreeViewController alloc] initWithRequestNumber:[request objectForKey:#"RequestID"]];
[viewControllers replaceObjectAtIndex:page withObject:controller2];
CGRect frame = scrollView.frame;
frame.origin.x = frame.size.width * 2;
frame.origin.y = 0;
controller2.view.frame = frame;
[scrollView addSubview:controller2.view];
}
}
The TableViewController (requestDetailThreeViewController)
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
[History fullHistoryWithBlock:^(NSArray *netMessages, NSError *error) {
if (error) {
[[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(#"Error", nil) message: [error localizedDescription] delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:NSLocalizedString(#"OK", nil), nil] show];
} else {
NSLog(#"Number of Historical Entries: %d", [netMessages count]);
self.historyFromNet = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:netMessages];
}
} forID:requestNum];
}
- (id) initWithRequestNumber:(NSString *)requestID
{
if (self = [super initWithNibName:#"View" bundle:nil])
{
self.requestNum = requestID;
}
return self;
}
(Apologize for the spacing on the 2nd block of code, hard time getting it into code mode.
It executes these two methods, but it doesn't execute the datasource methods I also have in the class.
In the XIB file I have the owner of the xib set to the requestDetailThreeViewController
The tableView is set to datasource/delegate and view
If I set the tableview to hidden in the ViewDidLoad, it does disappear.
I just can't get it to execute the methods to populate the table.
Update:
Some more information-
The View XIB only has a TableView in it, no controllers.
Thanks!
Alan

Answer 1

You are adding a child view controller so you will need to use the UIViewController containment methods.
Something like:
controller2 = [[requestDetailThreeViewController alloc] initWithRequestNumber:[request objectForKey:#"RequestID"]];
[viewControllers replaceObjectAtIndex:page withObject:controller2];
[self addChildViewController:controller2];
CGRect frame = scrollView.frame;
frame.origin.x = frame.size.width * 2;
frame.origin.y = 0;
controller2.view.frame = frame;
[scrollView addSubview:controller2.view];
[controller didMoveToParentViewController:self];
}
Also consider using a UIPageViewController for a paging view rather than doing it manually via a scroll view

Answer 2

You can try to set self.tableView.delegate = self in -(void)viewDidLoad
that is
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.tableView.delegate = self;
}