Parsing JSON into TableView xcode 6.0.1, iOS8 - json

Question

There seems to be a dozen different ways to do this. This is the leanest I've come with, but am getting blank cells. So close!
MY holy grail next is to grab this all into a custom cell, my first steps here.
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate {
var names = []
#IBOutlet var myTableView: UITableView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let url = NSURL(string:"http://MYURL-here-which-pulls-down-the-JSON.json")
let JSONData = NSData(contentsOfURL: url)
var err: NSError?
let JSONResult = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(JSONData, options: nil, error: nil) as NSArray
var _names: NSMutableArray = NSMutableArray()
for item: AnyObject in JSONResult {
let name: NSString = item["name"] as NSString
_names.addObject(name)
}
self.names = _names
println(self.names)
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return names.count
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell: UITableViewCell = UITableViewCell(style: UITableViewCellStyle.Subtitle, reuseIdentifier: "Cell")
// THIS LINE IS THE ONE ***************************************************
// NO VALUE TO DISPLAY ****************************************************
cell.textLabel?.text = names[indexPath.row]
return cell
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
}
}

Answer 1

The problem is that you are creating the cell yourself. You shouldn't do that.
Create a cell in the table view with a reuse identifier in Interface Builder and set the Cell Style to Basic. Then you can use code like this:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell: UITableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("reuseIdentifier",
indexPath: indexPath) as UITableViewCell
cell.textLabel?.text = names[indexPath.row]
return cell
}