thank you for your reply Scoot, yes, i was thinking on moving the checkUserOnlineStatus function to the view controller. I'll have to create a delegate, since the onlineViewStatus UIView is part of the cell. I'll give it a try and will update my code here. thank you again.

Everything works as expected with the exception of reloading the table view once I go back to the memberListVCr. The table view needs to reload as soon as the other views are removed from the stack.

just added that and the model too.

that did it!!!! thank you so much, I'v been scratching my head with this for 2 days. One more question (if allowed) is there other way or best way to refresh a table view without the use of UIRefreshControl or a listener? I've also added handleRefresh inside viewDidAppear and viewWillAppear, this duplicates the first batch of docs I get from Firebase. Thank you again!!!

Hello, here is a print out example of one of the post: GLIMPSEINFO..["glimpseCaption": diving!, "profileImageUrl": https://firebasestorage.goo000000.com:443/v0/b/APPNAME00000.appspot.com/o/profileImages%...., "currentCity": Miami,FL, "timestamp": 1632796611, "age": 48, "firstName": Eduardo, "glimpseImageUrl": https://firebasestorage.goo000000.com:443/v0/b/APPNAME00000.appspot.com/o/glimpse%2FYzWhJlzYLkhzQXxxxxxxqffMNmw1%2FDA73DFD..... I use reloadData() inside the for loop because if I don't, the table view does not load the data. It has to be done after fetching the data from Firebase. Regarding glimpse.removeAll(), if I pull down to refresh the data, I'm downloading the info again and if there are any changes I need to make sure the array and firebase have the same data.