Swift - could not dequeue a view of kind: UICollectionElementKindCell

Question

I got this error message when trying to load my project

Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'could not dequeue a view of kind: UICollectionElementKindCell with identifier CustomCell - must register a nib or a class for the identifier or connect a prototype cell in a storyboard'

My code is:

extension ViewController: JTAppleCalendarViewDelegate, JTAppleCalendarViewDataSource {
    func configureCalendar(_ calendar: JTAppleCalendarView) -> ConfigurationParameters {
        formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy MM dd"
        formatter.timeZone = Calendar.current.timeZone
        formatter.locale = Calendar.current.locale

        let startDate = formatter.date(from: "2017 01 01")!
        let endDate = formatter.date(from: "2017 12 31")!

        let parameters = ConfigurationParameters(startDate: startDate, endDate: endDate)
        return parameters
    }

    func calendar(_ calendar: JTAppleCalendarView, cellForItemAt date: Date, cellState: CellState, indexPath: IndexPath) -> JTAppleCell {
        let cell = calendar.dequeueReusableJTAppleCell(withReuseIdentifier: "CustomCell", for: indexPath) as! CustomCell
        cell.dateLabel.text = cellState.text
        return cell
    }
}

Please help me debug this problem. Thank you.

Edit: I have added the identifier for the cell, but still the error exists.

Answer 1

It is because you haven't registered your xib to UICollectionView. If you are using UICollectionViewCell from Xib, you must register it first.

In viewDidLoad: 

write it:

if let xib = NSNib.init(nibNamed: "TemplateNBgCollectionItem", bundle: nil) {
   self.collectionView.register(xib, forItemWithIdentifier: NSUserInterfaceItemIdentifier(rawValue: "cvItem"))  
}