I’m trying to fetch data from an API
I want the data to be displayed in the tableview
If I give items some static values, it works but the async operation does not work.
what i am doing wrong here?

please point out my mistake.
thank you!

Model:

struct User: Codable {
    let id: Int
    let name, username, email: String
    let address: Address
    let phone, website: String?
    let company: Company?
}

struct Address: Codable {
    let street, suite, city, zipcode: String
    let geo: Geo
}

struct Geo: Codable {
    let lat, lng: String
}

struct Company: Codable {
    let name, catchPhrase, bs: String
}

struct Item {
    let name: String
}

ViewModel

class ItemViewModel: ObservableObject {
    @Published var items: [Item] = []
    private let apiUrl = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users"
    
    func fetchData() {
        guard let url = URL(string: apiUrl) else {
            print("Invalid URL")
            return
        }
        
        URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in
            guard let data = data, error == nil else {
                print("Error: (error?.localizedDescription ?? "Unknown error")")
                return
            }
            
            do {
                let users = try JSONDecoder().decode([User].self, from: data)
                DispatchQueue.main.async {
                    self.items = users.map { Item(name: $0.name) }
                }
            } catch {
                print("Error decoding JSON: (error.localizedDescription)")
            }
        }.resume()
    }
}

Controller

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    let cellID = "cellID"
    let viewModel = ItemViewModel()
    
    let tableView: UITableView = {
        let tableView = UITableView()
        tableView.backgroundColor = .red
        return tableView
    }()
        
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        tableView.register(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: cellID)
        setUpView()
        viewModel.fetchData()
    }
    
    private func setUpView() {
        
        view.addSubview(tableView)
        tableView.dataSource = self
        tableView.delegate = self
        
        tableView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        tableView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor).isActive = true
        tableView.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leftAnchor).isActive = true
        tableView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
        tableView.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.rightAnchor).isActive = true
        
    }
}

extension ViewController: UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate {
    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        return viewModel.items.count
    }
    
    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellID, for: indexPath)
        cell.textLabel?.text = viewModel.items[indexPath.row].name
        return cell
    }
}

Nothing is displayed if i make API call, If i make a static array this works.
What is it that i am missing here?