Programmatically adding UITableViewCell in swift

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I am trying to programmatically add UITableViewCells in swift and getting the following error message:

2016-05-10 21:58:41.961 appname[28802:2378292] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Could not load NIB in bundle: 'NSBundle (loaded)' with name 'myCell''

I have the following in my viewDidLoad:

let myNib = UINib(nibName: "myCell", bundle: nil)
tableView.registerNib(myNib, forCellReuseIdentifier: "UITableViewCell")

and the following in func tableView:

 var cell:UITableViewCell! = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("UITableViewCell", forIndexPath:indexPath)

        print("setup cell")

        if cell == nil{
            print("cell == nib")
            let cellnib = [NSBundle.mainBundle().loadNibNamed("myCell", owner:self, options: nil)]
            cell = cellnib.first! as! UITableViewCell
        }

You don't really "add" a cell to a tableview like that. Take a look here: stackoverflow.com/questions/3333545/… — joels
– joels, Commented May 11, 2016 at 3:10

Code Different · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-11 03:16:01Z

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I suggest you give the Table View Programming Guide a read. It's a long one and written in ObjC but well worth it.

For your question, you don't create a UITableViewCell like that. Try this instead:

var cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("myCell", forIndexPath:indexPath)

if cell == nil {
    print("setup cell")
    cell = UITableViewCell(style: .Default, reuseIdentifier: "myCell")
}

answered May 11, 2016 at 3:16

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pullyl Over a year ago

Thanks, this is similar to what I was able to do to get it working. This tutorial proved to be very helpful - hackingwithswift.com/example-code/uikit/…

Ghulam Ali · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-11 03:26:26Z

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Actually you can create Table Cells like that but you need to put that code inside init not within the viewDidLoad:

   required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)

        self.registerNib(UINib(nibName: "myCell", bundle: nil), forCellReuseIdentifier: Identifier)
    }

But make sure myCell.xib exist in your project. To create it Right Click on the Project Directory in left and Select New File. Then Select iOS -> Source -> Cocoa Touch Class. In the class name use: myCell and Sub Class to be UITableViewCell. Checkmark also create XIB File:

answered May 11, 2016 at 3:26

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