Ios – Loaded nib but the ‘view’ outlet was not set

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I added a new nib file to my project, and tried to load it.

However, when I click on the toolbar icon that is supposed to take me to the view that I created, I get an NSInternalInconsistencyException with the message:

Terminating app due to uncaught exception
'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: '-[UIViewController
_loadViewFromNibNamed:bundle:] loaded the "…" nib but the view outlet was not set.'

So I opened up my nib file, and I see for the view that there are no referencing outlets set. However, I try to click and drag the circle for "new referencing outlet" to File's Owner, but it won't let me…what do I need to do to get my view to display?

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Here's what worked for me:

Open the XIB file causing problems
Click on file's owner icon on the left bar (top one, looks like a yellow outlined box)
If you don't see the right-hand sidebar, click on the third icon above "view" in your toolbar. This will show the right-hand sidebar
In the right-hand sidebar, click on the fourth tab--the one that looks a bit like a newspaper
Under "Custom Class" at the top, make sure Class is the name of the ViewController that should correspond to this view. If not, enter it
In the right-hand sidebar, click on the last tab--the one that looks like a circle with an arrow in it
You should see "outlets" with "view" under it. Drag the circle next to it over to the "view" icon on the left bar (bottom one, looks like a white square with a thick gray outline
Save the xib and re-run

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Ios – How to load a UIView using a nib file created with Interface Builder

There is also an easier way to access the view instead of dealing with the nib as an array.

1) Create a custom View subclass with any outlets that you want to have access to later. --MyView

2) in the UIViewController that you want to load and handle the nib, create an IBOutlet property that will hold the loaded nib's view, for instance

in MyViewController (a UIViewController subclass)

  @property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIView *myViewFromNib;

(dont forget to synthesize it and release it in your .m file)

3) open your nib (we'll call it 'myViewNib.xib') in IB, set you file's Owner to MyViewController

4) now connect your file's Owner outlet myViewFromNib to the main view in the nib.

5) Now in MyViewController, write the following line:

[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"myViewNib" owner:self options:nil];

Now as soon as you do that, calling your property "self.myViewFromNib" will give you access to the view from your nib!

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