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Storyboard doesn't contain a controller with identifier 'MainWindow'


I am trying to instantiate an NSWindowController from a storyboard in my OS X app:

NSWindowController *mainWindowController = [[NSStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"Main" bundle:nil] instantiateControllerWithIdentifier:@"MainWindow"];

But this is what I'm getting:

Storyboard (<NSStoryboard: 0x618000008500>) doesn't contain a controller with identifier 'MainWindow'.

But in the storyboard:

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It is set. No, there are no other storyboards. Yes, I've tried cleaning the project and the build folder, but nothing changes.

Why would I get this error?

UPDATE: I am building my app, coming back to the storyboard, and I see that Storyboard ID is unset:

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How can Storyboard ID get unset by itself?


Solution

  • It was definitely a bug with Xcode. Restarting Xcode solved the problem.