UICollectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath not registering cell - objective-c

Question

I am trying to use UICollectionViewCell, since all I want to display is an image. I can add the image to the cell using UIColor colorWithImage: on the UICollectionViewCell's contentView property.
In my loadView method, I am registering the cell as follows:
[self.collectionView registerClass:[ImageCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"MyCell"];
Below is my cellForItemAtIndexPath method:
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UICollectionViewCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"MyCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
// cell customization
return cell;
}
When I run it, as soon as it hits the dequeue line, it crashes with the following error:
*** Assertion failure in -[UICollectionView _dequeueReusableViewOfKind:withIdentifier:forIndexPath:]
Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'could not dequeue a view of kind: UICollectionElementKindCell with identifier MyCell - must register a nib or a class for the identifier or connect a prototype cell in a storyboard'
I tired setting up a custom cell, and used it as the class and I got the same error. My custom cell subclassed UICollectionViewCell and had nothing implemented, except for the default initWithFrame. That is because I wanted to just change the background colour of the view. I am not sure what the problem is but could someone please take a look at my code and help me? I've been trying to figure this out for quite a while with absolutely no luck at all.

Answer 1

If you just want to display an image, you don't need to do any subclassing, you can set the cell's backgroundColor with colorWithPatternImage:. Register the class like this:
[self.collectionView registerClass:[UICollectionViewCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"Cell"];
Then use it like so:
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UICollectionViewCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"Cell" forIndexPath:indexPath];
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[self.results objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
return cell;
}
In this example, results is an array of UIImages.

Answer 2

If you are using xib in applivation then add following in your viewdidLoad method
[self.myCollectionView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:#"CollectionViewCell" bundle:nil] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"CellIdentifier"];
otherwise If you using storyboard add following
[self.myCollectionView registerClass:[UICollectionViewCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"CellIdentifier"];
Finally add this (If not)
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UICollectionViewCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"CellIdentifier" forIndexPath:indexPath];
return cell;
}
Hope above will help.

Answer 3

Try setting a breakpoint on
[self.collectionView registerClass:[ImageCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"MyCell"];
I would guess your loadView (did you mean viewDidLoad?) method is not being called, so the class is never registered with the collectionView.

Answer 4

if your collection view is connected on storyboard and the delegate and datasource is set there, and you provide the necessary methods for the datasource and delegate, then adding the register call makes the
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)cv cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
return a UICollectionView instead of your own subclass of it. So do either but not both.

Answer 5

set your cell identifier name as in code