Custom UICollectionViewCell properties are null after dequeueing - ios

Question

So I have a UICollectionView and a custom cell and it all shows up and works great. I register the class in viewDidLoad:
myCollectionView = [[UICollectionView alloc] initWithFrame:collectionViewFrame collectionViewLayout:layout];
[myCollectionView setDataSource:self];
[myCollectionView setDelegate:self];
[myCollectionView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor myColor]];
[myCollectionView registerClass:[SBCustomCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"Cell"];
In my cellForItemAtIndexPath method I dequeue the cell and set its properties and return it:
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *identifier = #"Cell";
SBCustomCell *cell= [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:identifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
[cell setName: "My Name"];
cell.image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"lol.png"];
cell.score = 100.0;
cell.backgroundColor=[UIColor whiteColor];
return cell;
}
This all works fine and it shows up in the UI. My issue is when I set a gesture recognizer on the collectionView, when I long press a certain cell, I want to be able to access its properties. I am trying to do so as such:
-(void)handleLongPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)longPressRecognizer {
CGPoint locationPoint = [longPressRecognizer locationInView:myCollectionView];
if (longPressRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan) {
NSIndexPath *indexPathOfMovingCell = [myCollectionView indexPathForItemAtPoint:locationPoint];
SBCustomCell *cell= [myCollectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"Cell" forIndexPath:indexPathOfMovingCell];
NSLog(#"%#",cell.name);
When I try to access any of my custom cell's properties, it is (null) in console. Why is that? What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You need to use:
SBCustomCell* cell = (SBCustomCell*)[myCollectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:indexPathOfMovingCell];
instead of:
SBCustomCell* cell = [myCollectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"Cell" forIndexPath:indexPathOfMovingCell];
Also, you are using SBSingleCandidateUnitView as the cell type instead of your SBCustomCell.

Answer 2

It was because I wasn't setting my properties correctly. In my header file I need to be setting a property, aka #property ... UIImageView myImageView;
And in my CustomCell.m file I should be not overriding those setters and getters. Instead just alloc and initing them and adding them to the view.
And back in my ViewController.m I should have added the properties as such:
customcell.myImageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"cartman.png"];