Why is UICollectionViewCell's outlet nil?

Question

I have created a custom UICollectionViewCell in Interface Builder, binded views on it to the class, and then when I want to use and set a string to the label on the string,

Answer 1

If you are using xib, make sure that you have added this line of code to your viewdidload.

Objective C:

[self.collectionView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:@"MyCell" bundle:nil] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"MyCellIdentifier"];

Swift:

collectionView.register(UINib(nibName:"MyCell", bundle: nil), forCellWithReuseIdentifier:"MyCellIdentifier")

Answer 2

Looks like there's two ways to register and I was using the wrong one the first. I have a custom xib view so registered with the second option, and we have data!

1:

collectionView?.register(YourItemClassName.self, forCellWithReuseIdentifier: "yourIdentifier") 

2:

collectionView?.register(UINib(nibName: "YourItemClassName", bundle: nil), forCellWithReuseIdentifier: "yourIdentifier")