Custom UITableViewCell is blank (Swift)

Question

I am attempting to setup a custom UITableViewCell in Swift. I have created the XIB file and swift file as well. However, when I run the app the cells are not populated with my custom cell, but rather a completely blank cell.

I have registered my cell with:

self.myTableView.registerClass(customCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "cell")

I have also setup the following:

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
   return 3
}

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
   let cell = myTableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell") as! customCell
   cell.descriptionLabel.text = "test"
   return cell
}

In addition, I have setup a link to a UILabel in the custom cell. When I try to update it the app crashes. The line is cell.descriptionLabel.text = "test" as shown above.

Answer 1

Instead of register the UITableViewCell class, you must register the nib, for example:

self.tableView.register(UINib(nibName: "CustomTableViewCell", bundle: nil), forCellReuseIdentifier: "cell")

The nibName is the name of the XIB file but without the .xib extension.