UIImage not appearing in prototype cells in UITableView (Swift) -

i have created uitableview containing 10 cells, each of have uiimageview attached them using auto-layout

the table populated in backtableviewcontroller code:

tablearray = ["home page", "membership card", "recent news", "fitness  schedule", "training log", "pool lap calculator", "martial arts schedule", "pool schedule", "comments", "acknowledgements"] 

the issue none of these images appear in table until cell selected while run. out of ideas why is... anyone?

thanks

edit: backtableviewcontroller

import uikit

class backtableviewcontroller: uitableviewcontroller {

var tablearray = [string]()  var imagearray = [string]()  override func viewdidload() {     super.viewdidload()      tablearray = ["home page", "membership card", "recent news", "fitness schedule", "training log", "pool lap calculator", "martial arts schedule", "pool schedule", "comments", "acknowledgements"]      imagearray = ["home-50.png","credit_card-50.png","info-50.png","math-50.png","news-50.png","report_card-50.png","weightlift-50.png"]      // additional setup after loading view. }  override func tableview(tableview: uitableview, numberofrowsinsection section: int) -> int {     return tablearray.count }  override func tableview(tableview: uitableview, cellforrowatindexpath indexpath: nsindexpath) -> uitableviewcell {      var cell = tableview.dequeuereusablecellwithidentifier(tablearray[indexpath.row], forindexpath: indexpath) as! uitableviewcell      cell.textlabel?.text = tablearray[indexpath.row]      return cell  } } 

you need one prototype cell reuse identifier. clue in name "prototype". think of them blueprints cells based off.

in view controller class (which should uitableviewdelegate if uitableviewcontoller) specify number of rows method:

override func tableview(tableview: uitableview, numberofrowsinsection section: int) -> int {     return yourarray.count } 

this method takes care of displaying right info in right row of table.

override func tableview(tableview: uitableview, cellforrowatindexpath indexpath: nsindexpath) -> uitableviewcell {      //we create cell our prototype gave identifier in our storyborad.     let cell = tableview.dequeuereusablecellwithidentifier("itemcell") as! uitableviewcell      //create single instance of item our items array. use indexpath.row passed method index array.     let item = yourarray[indexpath.row]      //you can go array , right info out regarding row using indexpath.row     cell.textlabel?.text = item     cell.imageview?.image = uiimage(named: item)      //finally method returns correctly configured cell fro tableview display.     return cell } 

hope helps.