I can't dequeueReusableCell when the Cell is in its own class

Question

I'm trying to move my "cell" code from the "func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath)" function to its own class. I have registered the forCellReuseIdentifier and class with the ViewController (I think). And I have set the reuseIdentifier for the prototype cell to "MealSelector". However, when I run the code, all of the cells are blank. Why is the data not populating the tables?

Here is the view controller:

import UIKit

class MealSelectorController: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {


@IBOutlet weak var MealTable: UITableView!
@IBOutlet weak var ConfirmOrderButton: UIButton!
var recipes: [[String?]] = []


override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    
    for _ in 0 ..< 3 {
        let recipe: Recipe = APICaller.getNewRecipe()
        self.recipes.append([recipe.title, recipe.description])
    }

    MealTable.dataSource = self
    MealTable.delegate = self
    
    MealTable.register(MealSelectorCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "MealSelector")
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
    return self.recipes.count
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "MealSelector")
    
    return cell!
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
    return 241
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
}

}

Here is the cell:

import UIKit

class MealSelectorCell: UITableViewCell {


override init(style: UITableViewCell.CellStyle, reuseIdentifier: String?) {
    super.init(style: style, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)
}

required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
    fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}

}

Answer 1

In a comment, you say:

It is not using my prototype cell at all to build the TableView

If that means a prototype cell in a storyboard, then delete this line:

MealTable.register(MealSelectorCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "MealSelector")

That line means: Do not use the storyboard prototype. So you will need to delete it.

You will also need to set the class of the prototype cell in the storyboard.

However, I would then expect your app to crash because your init(coder:) implementation says to crash.

fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")

You'll probably want to fix that too...