unable to dequeue a cell with identifier Cell - must register a nib or a class for the identifier or connect a prototype cell in a storyboard

Question

I am fairly new to coding in general and really new to Xcode (Swift). I understand that I need to register a nib or a class but I don\'t understand \'where or how?\'.

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Answer 1

Make sure you have the identifier in the attributes filled out with your cell identifier

Answer 2

It used to work on swift 3 and swift 4 but now its not working.

like

self.tableView.register(MyTestTableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "cell")

So I have tried the most of the solutions mentioned above in swift 5 but did not get any luck.

Finally I tried this solution and it worked for me.

override func viewDidLoad() 
{

    tableView.register(UINib.init(nibName: "MyTestTableViewCell", bundle: nil), forCellReuseIdentifier: "myTestTableViewCell")
}

Answer 3

This worked for me, May help you too :

Swift 4+ :

self.tableView.register(UITableViewCell.self, forCellWithReuseIdentifier: "cell")

Swift 3 :

self.tableView.register(UITableViewCell.classForKeyedArchiver(), forCellReuseIdentifier: "Cell")

Swift 2.2 :

self.tableView.registerClass(UITableViewCell.classForKeyedArchiver(), forCellReuseIdentifier: "Cell")

We have to Set Identifier property to Table View Cell as per below image,

Answer 4

One more reason for this issue to happen is an earlier problem. When showing a new ViewController, instantiating the target ViewController directly will of course not load the prototype cells from the StoryBoard. The correct solution should always be to instantiate the view controller through the story board like this:

storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "some_identifier")

Answer 5

There is two way you can define cell. If your table cell is inside on your ViewControllern then get the cell this way:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "TableViewCell", for: indexPath) as! TableViewCell
        // write your code here 
        return cell
}

But if you define cell outside of your ViewController then call the sell this way:

 func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = Bundle.main.loadNibNamed("TableViewCell", owner: self, options: nil)?.first as! TableViewCell
        // write your code here
        return cell
    }

And as everyone said don't forget to set your cell identifier:

Answer 6

Have you set the Table Cell identifier to "Cell" in your storyboard?

Or have you set the class for the UITableViewController to your class in that scene?