UIImageView outlet of Custom TableViewCell nil - ios

Question

I created a UITableViewCell prototype cell on storyboard, then I link it to my ImageViewCellwhich inherit from UITableViewCell. I created IBOutlet for each control on prototype cell, it contains some UILabel and a UIImageView. When I tried to populate data into those control, UILabel work well but UIImageView always nil and won't display any image. Code:
#interface ImageTableViewCell : UITableViewCell
#property (readonly, nonatomic, strong) Post *post;
// set value for post
- (void)setPost:(Post *)post;
#end
#implementation ImageTableViewCell
{
__weak IBOutlet UILabel *titleLabel;
__weak IBOutlet UILabel *descriptionLabel;
__weak IBOutlet UILabel *pointLabel;
__weak IBOutlet UIImageView *imageView;
}
- (void)setPost:(Post *)post
{
_post = post;
// update ui
titleLabel.text = self.post.title;
descriptionLabel.text = self.post.descriptions;
pointLabel.text = self.post.point;
[imageView setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"mylocalimage.png"]];
}
#end
In my controller:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if(feedData == nil || [feedData count] == 0)
{
return nil;
}
NSDictionary *postData = [feedData objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
// prepare data to pass to table view cell
Post *post = [[Post alloc] init];
post.title = [postData objectForKey:#"title"];
post.descriptions = [postData objectForKey:#"description"];
post.total_likes = [postData objectForKey:#"total_likes"];
post.total_shares = [postData objectForKey:#"total_shares"];
post.image = [postData objectForKey:#"image"];
ImageTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:#"ImageCell"];;
if(cell == nil)
{
cell = [[ImageTableViewCell alloc] init];
}
[cell setPost:post];
return cell;
}
All the UILabel work well, but UIImageView's image never been set, I tried to set it with a local image but still not work, after of some investigation, I found out that at the time I set image for imageView, it always nil. So how can I overcome this?
Update
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Answer 1

Try changing the variable name of your UIImageView to something else than "imageView". The reason for this is that UITableViewCell itself has a property named "imageView". So when you are setting the property it must try to set the superclass' property which is not linked to your outlet hence the result.