Storyboard doesn't contain a view controller with identifier 'myWebView'

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I keep getting the error:

Storyboard () doesn't contain a view controller with identifier 'myWebView'.

I am using UITableView and when users click the cell, it will push another view and load a UIWebView. But I am sure that I set the identifier in storyboard correctly, please review the code:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    NSArray *arrInfo = [[tableData objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@";"]];

    favWebView *nextView = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"myWebView"];

    nextView.title = [arrInfo objectAtIndex:1];
    nextView.url1 = [arrInfo objectAtIndex:6];
    [self.navigationController pushViewController:nextView animated:YES];
}

the picture:

storyboard

Can anyone tell me how to solve this problem?

I just found out an interesting situation. If I set the language of simulator in English, it works just fine, but if I change it to another language then it fails in the same error message. I tried in simulator and real iPhone both, it's still the same problem. Any idea how to solve this problem? Thank you very much. — DennisCPH, Jul 25 '12 at 16:52
Try changing the Storyboard ID to something else and then back to the original. This worked for me — iamruskie, Sep 03 '14 at 19:56

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 23 '13 at 12:21

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The Solution here is to delete the App from the Simulator or the Device.

answered Apr 23 '13 at 12:21

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 25 '12 at 16:24

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May have something to do with your sotryboard, maybe this will do something different. Initializing the view differently.

  favWebView *favWebView = [[UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"MainStoryboard" bundle:nil] instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"favWebView"];

answered Jul 25 '12 at 16:24

DROP TABLE users

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Thanks, Patrick. I tried this code but it's still not working. But I just found out an interesting situation. If I set the language of simulator in English, it works just fine, but if I change it to another language then it fails in the same error message. I tried in simulator and real iPhone both, it's still the same problem. Any idea that how to solve this problem? Thank you very much. – DennisCPH Jul 25 '12 at 16:50
Interesting, completely not what I had originally thought. I'll look in to it. – DROP TABLE users Jul 25 '12 at 18:14
Same issue here, and changing to English in simulator does the trick. This is most annoying when you want to check any other language. – Phil Dec 20 '12 at 14:42

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 08 '19 at 22:07

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I solved it by re-creating it in a new project. It is probably an issue with Xcode.

edited Dec 08 '19 at 22:07

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answered Jul 26 '12 at 07:55

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Yeah ran into the same thing and this was the last resort, and it worked. Everything was properly wired up and working, and then after running pod install (cocoapods) I opened the workspace and hit this error. I also added my storyboards to a group, so that may have been to blame instead. Only changes I can account for causing this. – Stephen Handley Sep 22 '12 at 09:00
Yes, that's is xCode bug. When you created new project and rename default storyboard, you can catch this error. – Ilya Ilin Oct 13 '12 at 09:14
I found that by changing the key `Main storyboard file base name` in info.plist I was able to get the storyboard to find the viewControllerId. – SooDesuNe Oct 25 '12 at 01:07

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 11 '14 at 08:29

After app was builded, storyboard will be copied into MyApp.app/MyStoryboard.storyboardc. Then, if you localized you storyboards, they will be copied into MyApp.app/(localization.lproj)/MyStoryboard.storyboardc. BUT in iOS Simulator app's folder original storyboard (maybe old, without some view controllers, if you added it after localization) still exists at MyApp.app/MyStoryboard.storyboardc. After run, your app try to instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier from MyApp.app/MyStoryboard.storyboardc. It can be checked by navigations into iOS Simulator folder and exploring package for you app.

So, that is why it crashes.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 06 '12 at 15:51

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if you have multiple languages, you should make sure in all story board of all localized files, you set the story board id. I found that when I select story board(but not one localized) and set id, only the first localized file will be modified.

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 21 '13 at 01:51

I was having similar problems.

On a hunch I checked what the Storyboard thought the controller was - in the storyboard window on the bar below the actual view. Storyboard had added spaces "MyViewController" became "My View Controller" - anyhow, after adding the spaces to the Storyboard ID and to the instantiateViewControllerWithIdentity - it worked.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 18 '14 at 18:02

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You may need to assign the view controller a "Storyboard ID". This solved it for me.

answered Jul 18 '14 at 18:02

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Storyboard doesn't contain a view controller with identifier 'myWebView'

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