Troubleshooting Custom UITableView Cell [Swift] - ios

Question

I have created a custom UITableView cell in my Storyboard that looks like this:
I hooked it up to my UITableViewCell class like this:
import UIKit
class StatusCell: UITableViewCell {
#IBOutlet weak var InstrumentImage: UIImageView!
#IBOutlet weak var InstrumentType: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var InstrumentValue: UILabel!
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
}
override func setSelected(selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)
}
}
Finally I attempted to initialize the UITableView from my UIViewController as such:
import UIKit
class SecondViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var TableView: UITableView!
let Items = ["Altitude","Distance","Groundspeed"]
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return self.Items.count
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
var cell: StatusCell! = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("Cell") as StatusCell!
cell.InstrumentType?.text = Items[indexPath.row]
cell.InstrumentValue?.text = "150 Km"
cell.InstrumentImage?.image = UIImage(named: Items[indexPath.row])
return cell
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
}
However, when I attempt to run the program I get an EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION error:
What could I have done wrong? Any help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

The debugger output shows that cell is nil, meaning it could not be instantiated. Furthermore, you are forcing an unwrapping of the optional (using the !) which causes the app to crash on the nil value.
Try to change your cellForRowAtIndexPath method like so (notice the dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier method):
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("Cell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as StatusCell
cell.InstrumentType.text = Items[indexPath.row]
cell.InstrumentValue.text = "150 Km"
cell.InstrumentImage.image = UIImage(named: Items[indexPath.row])
return cell
}
Assuming that your custom tableViewCell class is correctly set up and the outlets are bound, there is no need to check for optionals.
Place a breakpoint on the let cell = ... line and step through the code. Check if cell gets initialized and is not nil.
And please: Do not use upper case names for properties and variables (your outlets, Items array...) as upper case names are for classes, structs, ...