iOS UICollectionView: Cells not showing

Question

I'm missing something obvious here as this isn't a difficult task.

I have my Collection view in storyboard (amongst other views), with the prototype cell's reuse id being "Cell", and a UILabel in that cell, with a tag of 100.

The code (boilerplate):

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInCollectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView {
    return 1;
}


- (NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    return 4;
}

- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    UICollectionViewCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];

    UILabel *label = (UILabel *)[cell viewWithTag:100];
    label.text = @"Hello";

    return cell;
}

The code is within a UICollectionViewController , as it should. When i run, the view appears yet no cells or text are visible.

A NSLog in the cellForItemAtIndexPath confirms that it is called, 4 times. I've even changed the prototype cell's background color which shows that not even the cell's are appearing.

In the viewDidLoad , it calls: [self.collectionView registerClass:[UICollectionViewCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];

What am i missing?

Answer 1

Use like this: Instead of registerClass: use registerNib:

static NSString *identifier = @"Cell";
if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom]==UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone) {
    [self.collection registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:@"CollectionPhotoItem" bundle:nil] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:identifier];
}
else{
    [self.collection registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:@"CollectionPhotoItem_ipad" bundle:nil] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:identifier];
}

Answer 2

make sure you are under any-any ratio in your storyboard if you are working with any other configuration and you tried to use the simulation it might not show up

for example if you use regular width and compact hight and then tried to use the simulator in your Xcode all your work will not show up !