iOS swift UICollectionviewcell snapshot error

Question

When i tried to take snapshot a certain UICollectionViewCell in a UICollectionview which is a subview of View and share it on Facebook from my app..while Xcode throws

fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value

please click here for screenshot of that error

Here is my function

func screenshotBSCell() {
        //Create the UIImage

        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSizeMake(bsCell.bounds.size.width, bsCell.bounds.size.height))
        ***self.bsCell.layer.renderInContext(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!)***
        let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

        //Save it to the camera roll
        UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(image, nil, nil, nil)

        //share the image to Social Media
        let composeSheet = SLComposeViewController(forServiceType: SLServiceTypeFacebook)
        composeSheet.setInitialText("Hello, Facebook!")
        composeSheet.addImage(image)

        presentViewController(composeSheet, animated: true, completion: nil)

    }

Answer 1

func screenshotBSCell( sender:AnyObject) {
        //Create the UIImage
        let indexpath = NSIndexPath.init(row: sender.tag, section: 0)

        self.bsCell = colletctionview!.dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier("cell", forIndexPath: indexPath ) as! bsCell
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSizeMake(cell.bounds.size.width, cell.bounds.size.height))
        ***self.bsCell.layer.renderInContext(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!)***
        let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

        //Save it to the camera roll
        UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(image, nil, nil, nil)

        //share the image to Social Media
        let composeSheet = SLComposeViewController(forServiceType: SLServiceTypeFacebook)
        composeSheet.setInitialText("Hello, Facebook!")
        composeSheet.addImage(image)

        presentViewController(composeSheet, animated: true, completion: nil)

    }

make the func like this.it will solve your problem.When you called this function it create the cell for you so its not getting nil cell

Answer 2

It is now working with minimal changes. Thanks everyone!

 func screenshotPulseCell(sender: UIButton) {

    //Create the UIImage
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(plCell.frame.size)
    self.plCell.contentView.layer.renderInContext((UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext())!)
    let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

    //Save it to the camera roll
    UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(image, nil, nil, nil)

    //share the image to Social Media
    let composeSheet = SLComposeViewController(forServiceType: SLServiceTypeFacebook)
    composeSheet.setInitialText("My Pulse!")
    composeSheet.addImage(image)

    presentViewController(composeSheet, animated: true, completion: nil)

}