cell properties returned nil - ios

Question

I created a custom UITableViewCell named GateCell, inside it I placed one label and one text field.
In GateCell.h
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *gateLabel;
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *gateTextField;
In GateTableViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[self.tableView registerClass:[GateCell class] forCellReuseIdentifier:#"cellIdentifier"];
}
Finally at cellForRowAtIndexPath method, I used like this
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
GateCell *cell = (GateCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"cellIdentifier"];
cell.gateLabel.text = #"Gate";
cell.gateTextField.text = #"Open Gate"
return cell;
}
When I print the description of the cell, I getting the following..
<`GateCell`: 0x7b6bd790; baseClass = `UITableViewCell`; frame = (0 0; 320 44); layer = <CALayer: 0x7b6c2e60>> <br>
Printing description of cell->_gateLabel:
nil
Printing description of cell->_gateTextField:
nil
Why label and textField returns nil when cell is created ???

Answer 1

I have previously encountered troubles when doing registerClass:forCellReuseIdentifier: and doing a dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier: in tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath:.
I had to replace dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier: and directly init cells since registerClass:forCellReuseIdentifier: had been made.
Try in tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath: this way
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
//Create your custom cell GateCell the way it has to be done providing the 'reuseIdentifier'
//With a standard UITableViewCell it should be :
//UITableViewCell* cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:#"cellIdentifier"];
GateCell *cell = [[GateCell alloc] init];
cell.gateLabel.text = #"Gate";
cell.gateTextField.text = #"Open Gate"
return cell;
}

Answer 2

First thing ensure that you connected the IBOutlet from the interface builder. if not then connect the IBOutlet.
for getting a cell use the following
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"cellReuseIdentifier"];

Answer 3

By calling
[self.tableView registerClass:[GateCell class] forCellReuseIdentifier:#"cellIdentifier"];
the table view will create a cell directly, not from a NIB file, so your IBOutlets won't be set (there is nowhere they could be set from).
Either you should be registering a NIB instead of a class or you should be creating the subviews as part of initWithStyle:reuseIdentifier:.
Your additional comments say that you're using a storyboard. In this case you should be setting the class of the cell you add in storyboard to GateCell and setting the cell identifier to cellIdentifier. Then, in code, you should remove the call to [self.tableView registerClass:[GateCell class] forCellReuseIdentifier:#"cellIdentifier"]; because making that call is replacing the storyboard registration...