cell.contentView.viewWithTag gives nil value while loading data in UITableView

Question

I am looking to captured image tap event on the first record of UITableView, when user taps I cell.imageAvtar I just want to capture that event.

This is the code I am using

    func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
                let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("details", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! AccountCell
                if (indexPath.row == 0) {
    (cell.contentView.viewWithTag(101) as! UIImageView).image = UIImage(named: "no_image_available.jpg")
    }
return cell
}

But (cell.contentView.viewWithTag(101) is returning as nil.I have tried (cell.contentView.viewWithTag(100) tried (cell. imageAvtar.viewWithTag(101) as well.

Answer 1

I have used IBOutlets as vadian and jrturton advised.

This is the working code

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("details", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! AccountCell
                if (indexPath.row == 0) {  let tapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target:self, action:Selector("imageTapped:"))
                cell.imageAvtar.userInteractionEnabled = true
                cell.imageAvtar.addGestureRecognizer(tapGestureRecognizer)
    }
    }
     func imageTapped(img: AnyObject)
        {
                 print("event captured")
                //your logic comes here
        }