cell View returns nil on app running

Question

I've used the next code for adding subview into UIView in the custom cell:

let imageView = UIImageView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 36, height: 36))
imageView.image = UIImage(named: "addNewSkill.png")

cell.countView.addSubview(imageView)

where:

@IBOutlet var countView: UIView!

on my custom cell file. When I run my app it crashes with the next error in logs:

fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value
Printing description of cell.countView:
(UIView!) countView = nil

What is the problem and how can I fix it?

Why are you adding cell.countView.addSubview(imageView)? Why not just use cell.addSubview(imageView)? — Rashwan L, Dec 25 '15 at 09:02
Your tableView is in your view right? Isn´t that enough? You add a tableView to a view not a cell. — Rashwan L, Dec 25 '15 at 09:05
Your tableView is in your view and you should add the imageView to your cell only, so cell.addSubview(imageView) is enough. — Rashwan L, Dec 25 '15 at 09:09
1. Do you use Storyboards? If yes, try to use Cell Prototypes for custom cells. 2. How do you create cell? Do you use `dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier` method for creating cell? Did you register you custom cell for your tableview? — radya, Dec 25 '15 at 09:09
@user2893289 but I want to add it into view, exactly! I know that it's enough — Orkhan Alizade, Dec 25 '15 at 09:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 25 '15 at 09:12

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You can prevent the crash from happening by safely unwrapping cell.countView with an if let statement.

if let countv = cell.countView {
    countv.addSubview(imageView)
}

You will still have to do some debugging to see why you are getting a nil value there though.

answered Dec 25 '15 at 09:12

Sazzad Hissain Khan

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In this case it won't add my imageView at all – Orkhan Alizade Dec 25 '15 at 09:16
Its not possible to guess what causes the nil with simply watching your tiny code. You must find the root cause as I have already pointed in answer... – Sazzad Hissain Khan Dec 25 '15 at 09:19
How I did say, it doesn't run at all – Orkhan Alizade Dec 25 '15 at 09:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 25 '15 at 09:31

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I guess your problem is here .

answered Dec 25 '15 at 09:31

aaisataev

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cell View returns nil on app running

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