my fix yesterday was completely pointless. sending different URL now.

Author: dyountmusic

RedditRealTime/RedditRealTime.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 	objects = {
 
 /* Begin PBXBuildFile section */
-		EA27FBD2219BDC9100B6CA50 /* HTMLStringDecodeExtension.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = EA27FBD1219BDC9100B6CA50 /* HTMLStringDecodeExtension.swift */; };
 		EA4E224E2187A0EE00269F54 /* RedditPostDownloadService.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = EA4E224D2187A0EE00269F54 /* RedditPostDownloadService.swift */; };
 		EA4E22502187A37D00269F54 /* RedditPost.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = EA4E224F2187A37D00269F54 /* RedditPost.swift */; };
 		EA4E22522187A7D200269F54 /* PostTableViewCell.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = EA4E22512187A7D200269F54 /* PostTableViewCell.swift */; };
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@
 /* End PBXContainerItemProxy section */
 
 /* Begin PBXFileReference section */
-		EA27FBD1219BDC9100B6CA50 /* HTMLStringDecodeExtension.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = HTMLStringDecodeExtension.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		EA4E224D2187A0EE00269F54 /* RedditPostDownloadService.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = RedditPostDownloadService.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		EA4E224F2187A37D00269F54 /* RedditPost.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = RedditPost.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		EA4E22512187A7D200269F54 /* PostTableViewCell.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = PostTableViewCell.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -98,21 +96,12 @@
 /* End PBXFrameworksBuildPhase section */
 
 /* Begin PBXGroup section */
-		EA27FBD3219BDCA000B6CA50 /* Extensions */ = {
-			isa = PBXGroup;
-			children = (
-				EA27FBD1219BDC9100B6CA50 /* HTMLStringDecodeExtension.swift */,
-			);
-			path = Extensions;
-			sourceTree = "<group>";
-		};
 		EA4791F92190D12E001413A4 /* Model Layer */ = {
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
 				EA4E224F2187A37D00269F54 /* RedditPost.swift */,
 				EADE530D219A846000271D37 /* SubredditModel.swift */,
 				EADE5309219A7F6F00271D37 /* MetaRedditModel.swift */,
-				EA27FBD3219BDCA000B6CA50 /* Extensions */,
 			);
 			path = "Model Layer";
 			sourceTree = "<group>";
@@ -361,7 +350,6 @@
 				EA4E22502187A37D00269F54 /* RedditPost.swift in Sources */,
 				EADE530E219A846000271D37 /* SubredditModel.swift in Sources */,
 				EA4E224E2187A0EE00269F54 /* RedditPostDownloadService.swift in Sources */,
-				EA27FBD2219BDC9100B6CA50 /* HTMLStringDecodeExtension.swift in Sources */,
 				EADE5308219A78C400271D37 /* SubredditSuggestionsPopOverViewController.swift in Sources */,
 				EADE530A219A7F6F00271D37 /* MetaRedditModel.swift in Sources */,
 				EADE5310219A861400271D37 /* RedditSubredditDownloadService.swift in Sources */,

RedditRealTime/RedditRealTime/Model Layer/Extensions/HTMLStringDecodeExtension.swift

@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ class MetaRedditModel {
         get { return UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "SubredditName")?.capitalized ?? "Politics" }
         set {
             UserDefaults.standard.set(newValue, forKey: "SubredditName")
-            redditURL = "https://www.reddit.com/r/\(newValue)/rising.json?sort=new"
+            redditURL = "https://www.reddit.com/r/\(newValue)/rising.json?sort=new&raw_json=1"
         }
     }
 
     public var redditURL: String {
-        get { return UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "RedditURL") ?? "https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/rising.json?sort=new" }
+        get { return UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "RedditURL") ?? "https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/rising.json?sort=new&raw_json=1" }
         set { UserDefaults.standard.set(newValue, forKey: "RedditURL") }
     }
 
     func resetRedditURL() {
-        redditURL = "https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/rising.json?sort=new"
+        redditURL = "https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/rising.json?sort=new&raw_json=1"
         subredditName = "Politics"
     }
 

RedditRealTime/RedditRealTime/Model Layer/MetaRedditModel.swift

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class RisingStoriesViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITa
 
         guard let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "PostTableViewCell") as? PostTableViewCell else { return UITableViewCell() }
 
-        cell.title.text = redditPostFetcher.posts[indexPath.row].title.removeHTMLEntities()?.string
+        cell.title.text = redditPostFetcher.posts[indexPath.row].title
         cell.upvotes.text = " \(redditPostFetcher.posts[indexPath.row].upvotes)"
         cell.comments.text = " \(redditPostFetcher.posts[indexPath.row].commentCount) Comments"