Error could not dequeue a view of kind UICollectionElementKindCell

Question

Taking first plunge with collection views and am running into this error:

Terminating app due to uncaught exception \'NSInternalInconsistencyException

Answer 1

Complementing what @jrtuton written... What you need is:

1) Register your nib file to "connect" it with your identifier:

//MyCollectionView.m
- (void) awakeFromNib{
 [self registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:@"NibFileName" bundle:nil]   forCellWithReuseIdentifier: @"MyCellIdentifier"];
}

2) Use your identifier to load your custom cell from a nib:

//MyCollectionView.m
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)cv cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath  *)indexPath {
    MyCustomCollectionViewCell* cell = [cv dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"MyCellIdentifier" forIndexPath:indexPath];
}

3) Use always static NSString* to avoid the same identifiers again in your app.