iOS 7 TableView dequeue not working

Question

I'm having a really annoying problem that I'm not sure WHY it's happening.

I have the Table view set, I have the correct Identifier in the Cell, but it still gives me "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" when I run it.

the code looks like this

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];

    NSDictionary *event = [self.events objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    cell.textLabel.text = [event objectForKey:@"name"];

    return cell;
}

Any help would be great, cause I want to rip my hair. The table is connected to that class, and then Cell has that @"Cell" Identifier

Answer 1

Re-check all 4 steps

STEP 1: Your cellForRowAtIndexPath should look like this

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier   forIndexPath:indexPath];

if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:nil];
}

NSDictionary *event = [self.events objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
cell.textLabel.text = [event objectForKey:@"name"];

return cell;
}

STEP 2: Your "ViewController.m" File should look like this

#import "ViewController.h"

@interface ViewController ()<UITableViewDataSource,UITableViewDelegate>

@end

STEP 3: PLEASE CHECK - Click on view controller move to Connection inspector - See if any other unwanted connections are present in this inspector.

STEP 4: Tableview cell attribute inspector should like this]

Answer 2

Instead of:

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];

Try:

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];

if that does not work after

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];

add:

if (cell == nil) {
    cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:nil];
}

Answer 3

Right, you need to register a cell for reuse. This can be done programmatically after you've created your table view like this:

static NSString *cellIdentifier = @"Cell";
[tableView registerClass:[UITableViewCell class] forCellReuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier];

Or this can also be done in Interface Builder by selecting the cell and navigating to the attributes inspector and changing the cell's id.

Answer 4

You are not checking for cell is allocate or not.. You can try below code..

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
    // add a placeholder cell while waiting on table data

    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil) {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:nil] autorelease];
    } 
}

Answer 5

In the Document Outline, verify that your prototype UITableViewCell is a child of the UITableView .

In the Attribute Inspector, verify that your Cell Identifier and Cell Style are properly set in storyboard:

In the Identity Inspector, verify that you have the class set to UITableViewCell :

Answer 6

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    NSString *CellIdentifier = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"cell %d",indexPath.row];

    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
    cell = nil;

    if (cell == nil)
    {
        cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];

        NSDictionary *event = [self.events objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
        cell.textLabel.text = [event objectForKey:@"name"];

    }

    return cell;
}