Data table(iOS)

Background/Goal:

Im trying to create a "View" for iOS applications that will essentially be a table with a header and search bar.

Data for the table is downloaded from a remote server:

• Column headers with formatting information


• Data: JSON array of Objects that will be mapped using header data

This is how I did it on android and it works fine. The reason I use JSON is because from user to user this data may be formatted very differently.

I also need the data to be self-contained because I may have more then one table on one screen.

Clicking on any row will open detailed information on a different view.

JSON Column example:

[
  {
    "name": "Name",
    "from": "Customer Name",
    "width": 2,
    "enabled": "true"
  },
  {
    "name": "Address",
    "from": "Address",
    "width": 3,
    "enabled": "true"
  },
  {
    "name": "Notes",
    "from": "notes",
    "width": 3,
    "enabled": "true"
  }
]

name: Column header text

from: what key to get the data for this row from

width: weight of this column(divide by the Sum all widths to get % width)

enabled: is this field enabled?

Problem:

So I created a subclass of UITableViewController and have a xib,h,m files for this controller. but when I add a UIView or a UITableViewController to my main.storyboard it will not let me set my new subclass as the custom class.

Ive been trying to get this working for about 3 days now, watching youtube videos, reading tutorials and I can't seem to find anything similar to what Im trying to do.