I'm trying to create a nib that contains a view that will be embedded in a TableViewCell. I've created the interface and implementation files, ResultCell.h and ResultCell.m. They're stock, out-of-the-box, no code changes.
I then create an empty XIB file, and drag a UIView onto it. Then I click File's Owner, and set the type to ResultCell. I click the view, and set its class to also be ResultCell.
Here are the problems I have:
When using the Assistant Editor view (which I live in), the ResultCell.h file doesn't appear when I'm viewing the ResultCell.xib file. I have to force it to load by clicking on Automatic and selecting the file.
When I drop a label in the view, and then Ctrl+Click and drag to the .h to create an outlet, I get this error message: "Could not insert new outlet connection: Could not find any information about the class named ResultCell."
I've tried creating and re-creating the view, and it's just not working, and I've started to lose my patience. Any help would be very, very appreciated!
I got into a similar state just today. It was very odd: I could attach any XIB (new or existing) to any already-existing ViewController class in the project, but I could not create a new ViewController and have it attach properly to any XIB. The "assistant" functionality didn't work, nor did the IB-to-headerfile-connection functionality.
Closing the project and re-opening did not fix it.
Quitting XCode and restarting did not fix it.
Creating a new project and testing the functionality worked fine, which led me to believe there was something corrupt in some cache somewhere.
My solution
Close your project.
Go to the ~/Library/Developer/XCode/DerivedData folder and REMOVE all subfolders there referencing the project you are working on.
Open your project in XCode. The problem should be fixed now.
Incidentally, just running a full clean did not seem to clear things up. I had to trash the derived data. I'm certain I got into this position because of git games I was playing, but I had no idea how to get out, because even switching back to earlier git revisions didn't help. (That was a big clue also that it was something untracked by the project itself.)
This might not work for your specific issue, but occasionally I get that error when working with newly created nibs. Deleting and recreating the nibs and View Controllers with the same names as before didn't resolve the issue, but relaunching Xcode did.
I just had this problem and restarting Xcode did not fix it. I removed the class files from the project then added them back in and it started working.
I had the very same issue. And I tried :
Restarting Xcode
Deleting Derived Data
And many more
None of that worked. What worked for me was simply to :
Remove 'suspect' class files from Project (just remove References, huh?)
Re-add them to the project
And done!
If restarting Xcode doesn't work of you, I have found that Toggling the new .m file out and back into the target membership works.
This helped me out:
from the project file Panel (left side) select the xib file that is broken.
Click on the Files Owner icon from the editor view.
from the properties Panel (right side) select the third tab (at the top)
specify the "Custom Class"
If you do not see a "panel", please have a look at the top-right corner of the window and enable the proper "view" buttons. If you don't see the "view" buttons then click on the top-right most capsule button.
I noticed that .m file was moved inside en.lproj folder.
Just delete (reference only) the .m file from the Xcode and moved .m out of the en.lproj. Add it again.It will fix the issue.
Don't worry, you will get all your connections back.
I encountered the same problem today. Restarting XCode did not fix the problem for me. I was able to get things back to normal by using "Delete" option of "Derived Data" of the project that can be found under Organizer. Organizer says that, "Derived Data includes index, build output and logs". I guess that either index or build output was causing this issue.
in XCode go to organizer, click project, click delete derived data... than clean the project
In my case it helped to make a "fake change" (just a space) to the according header file.
ResultCell should be a subclass of UITableViewCell
You should not drag a UIView onto the empty canvas, you should drag a UITableViewCell
You should select the cell and change it to be your subclass
The owner is most often a controller with an outlet to the cell
Everytime you want to load a new cell, call:
[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:nibName
owner:controllerWithOutletToCell
options:nil]
after loading, use the cell, and set the ivar/outlet to nil, ready for the next load
there are other ways, but this is common
Perhaps what worked for me is this.. (Xcode v4.5)
This did not work
I was trying to control drag into the interface definition of my .h
#interface SearchViewController : UIViewController
#end
This worked (may be that is how it was supposed to work, I did not know it before)
See the open and close brackets. Control drag and drop after the closed bracket.
#interface SearchViewController : UIViewController
{
}
#end
I had a similar problem with a project written in Swift.
What worked for me was setting up the IBOutlet in code like this
#IBOutlet var foo: UIView?
and afterwards connect it to Interface Builder by dragging to the little circle that appeared right next to the code line.
None of the above workarounds resolved the connector issue for me so I shelved my pet project until I came across the following stackoverflow thread:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/15873770/2846800
I had been working on a large project in a previous version of XCode and had turned off indexing. By re-enabling indexing my issue is now fixed:
defaults delete com.apple.dt.XCode IDEIndexDisable
I can now use the D&D features of Interface Builder. I hope this can help others...
This problem seems to be an Xcode bug which creeps up mostly when you replace a file with a new file of the same name. Xcode seems to keep a reference of the older file of the same name.
Anyhow, the way to fix this seems to be:
Clean the project
Click (Your Project) in Project Navigator view. Go to Compile Sources under Build Phases of the target for which you are building. Remove and add back the .m file which is giving you trouble.
Alternatively, in the File Inspector (Utilities view) of the NIB file, under Target Membership, uncheck and check back the target name.
Restart Xcode for good measure.
Of course, deleting and adding back the .m file alone should fix it too.
(Steps 1 and 2 alone fixed it for me.)
If you copied files from other project just make sure you check the 'Add to targets' box
Renaming the class files may unlink them from the XIB. This answer helped me discover this:
Ctrl-Drag from button to method not working. Xcode/Interface Builder
Check that your custom class is set correctly in the Identity Inspector.
Similar symptom, but different cause.
Apparently I hit backspace when the focus was on the assistant view, because one of the standard file template comment lines went from // to / which results in the file not compiling.
Fixing the comment allowed the SDK to parse the file, recognize it as a UIViewController, and add in the outlet.
SO -- if you have this problem, do a build or analyze to see if there are errors that need fixing in your view controller .h file. THEN try the other solutions.
This might be an old topic but just in case anyone has the same issue in future, try deleting the associated .xib,.h and .m files and create new ones. For me, the UIViewController in my .h file wasn't purple and even backspacing and typing it didn't help.
Just put a line between the #implementation and the #synthesize. Most of the answers here have that in common. It worked for me
#implementation
#synthesize
I just tried everything here and nothing worked (using a Developer Preview for Xcode 5).
The only thing that worked for me was to put this incomplete line in my interface file:
#property (nonatomic, weak)
For whatever reason, adding outlets and actions by drag and drop from a .xib worked fine after that.
For me wether cleaning nor deleting the DerivedData solved the problem.
I tried to delete and recreate my UIViewController class several times and got the problem again and again.
Then I recreated the UIViewController class and gave it a different name. This solved the problem for me.
I have had this problem and found a solution not listed above.
In my case, I could see there was something wrong in the class .h file because my custom view controller did not recognise the class : UIViewController (it was in black not purple). All the other custom view controllers had the : UIViewController in purple.
in my case, and possibly yours, I needed to add the class to targets/build phases/compile Sources drop down. The .m needs to be added. All of the other .m's were there but not this one.
Once I added it, the :UIViewController appeared in purple and everything worked fine.
For my case, I have multiple project with some other dependencies. I tried to solve it by deleting derived data or restarting XCode but it couldn't work. In the end, I tried the following method and it works:
Go to target > Build Target Architectures Only > and set both Debug and Release to NO.
Set this for all projects in the workspace and recompile to make sure there is no other errors. Maybe not making sense but somehow did it. During my compilation, I had other issues such as linker errors and symbols not found.
For *.m file of this class view open "Show File Inspector" and unchecking "Target membership" for this project, then do Clean (menu Product->Clean) and checking again "Target membership" for this project
Using Swift, I had a similar problem. I found out that the comments were part of the problem for me.
I leveraged the default view controller, did some work in it, then created a second view controller by copying the entire first one, stripping it down to only viewDidLoad() and renaming the class to TestViewController. Builds worked, code executed. All was good.
When I went to drag a UITextField in to create an outlet, it would not let me. I noticed that my comments still said "ViewController.swift", so I changed the comment text to "TestViewController.swift" and rebuilt. I was able to connect my outlet!
I wonder if what occurred is that the Indexer was reading the comments as well as the class names, and somehow got confused.
Hope this helps someone out there.
I just had to delete the derived data folder. You need to click Window -> Organizer -> Projects -> Delete Derived Data
AND RESTART XCODE.
You should be good to go!
The new class not being part of the "TARGET" is likely the root cause of this, as alluded to by some of these answers.
When creating a new cocoa class, by default the option to add new class to target is by default checked, but should, for any reason, this not be checked when you hit save, you will have this issue.
Any of these workarounds that add the new class to the apps target will work to resolve the problem, and is something that all these 'fixes' have in common.
I think XCode likely has some bugs that causes a new file to, by default, NOT be added to the apps main target. The fix boils down to adding your 'broken' class to the main TARGET
In XCode 7.1, adding the connector at a different point in my source file worked. The error I was getting referred to one of my variables as if it were a class (didn't make any sense). The error stopped occurring when I added the connector below that variable instead of above it.
There is also a diferent reason for the issue ... if you have created new cocoa class file with template other than ios ... i can happen...
The solution would be to delete it and re create it with right template
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I got an error on Xcode saying that there was no information about the view controller.
Could not insert new outlet connection: Could not find any information for the class named
Why is this happening?
Here are some things that can fix this (in increasing order of difficulty):
Clean the project (Product > Clean)
Manually paste in
#IBOutlet weak var viewName: UIView!
// or
#IBAction func viewTapped(_ sender: Any) { }
and control drag to it. (Change type as needed.) Also see this.
Completely close Xcode and restart your project.
Delete the Derived Data folder (Go to Xcode > Preferences > Locations and click the gray arrow by the Derived Data folder. Then delete your project folder.)
Click delete on the class, remove reference (not Move to Trash), and add it back again. (see this answer)
Or if none of the above works, type out the name of the outlet into the file first #IBOutlet weak var headerHeightConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint! and then click and drag from the outlet in the nib to the variable you just programmatically created. It should work without any of the hassle of cleaning, building, and deleting anything.
Just perform the two following steps to get rid of this error
Clean project using Product > clean
Run the project
Now try to add the action or outlet.
That's it.
Happy Coding
None of the tips in the best answer worked for me. Was going crazy. Then noticed that the Assistant Editor had somehow gotten set to Manual and I was on the ViewController.swift (Interface) instead of the ViewController.swift file.
Changed that and problem solved. A bit embarrassing but hey, we are all learning.
Here are the steps solved for me:
Remove Class name reference from View(storyboard/xib) and save;
Add Class name again and save;
Clean and Build;
Done !
I had the same issue. I tired below solutions but didn’t worked :
Clean Project (cmd + shift + k) and even Clean Project Build (cmd + shift + alt + k)
Deleted Derived data and Module Cache content
Below workaround to this issue :
Move to source code file and write the IBOutlet / IBAction manually (copy paste preferred)
Then move to Storyboard file and Open Utilites window
Goto Connection Inspector
Then Connect the IBOutlet and IBAction written in source file with Interface Builder.
I had the same problem. I realised than in X-Code Manual item was selected when I tried to create an outlet by control-drag
After I set it to automatic it worked
I solved this problem by programmatically creating the Labels and Textfields, and then Command-Dragged from the little empty circles on the left of the code to the components on the Storyboard. To illustrate my point: I wrote #IBOutlet weak var HelloLabel: UILabel!, and then pressed Command and dragged the code into the component on the storyboard.
Close the project you are working on with.
Delete your project's【DerivedData】folder. (This folder may inside
your project's folder, or inside
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/
(your project)/) or somewhere else that was setup by you.
restart your project.
I got this bug when I renamed the class. Then I solved it just by following the below steps
In Xcode Menu -> Product -> Clean
Restart the Xcode
I found an easier workaround as I this bug can be found on XCODE 9.
Step one go to your viewcontroller and manually write the property you want to connect as the below example, make sure you use the below format.
#IBOutlet weak var questionsStackView: UIStackView!
Step two go to your storyboard and connect your view or whatever your trying to connect to the property you created in step 1.
The above will save you time of removing and cleaning derived data.
Please perform the following two steps only to get rid of this error.
1. Clean Project using Product -> clean.
2. Run the Project.
Now try to add/Connect the actions or outlets.
Working Fine for me for many times.
In my case this was bc I chose a new UIViewController file in IB and then tried to ctrl-drag to this new controller without first removing the previous connections in the Connections Inspector. Remove those first and try again.
For me it worked when on the right tab > Localization, I checked English check box. Initially only Base was checked. After that I had no more problems. Hope this helps!
I selected Automatic option to select the ViewController.swift file. And then I can able to take outlets.
None of this worked for me but I did figure this out.
Inside the storyboard I copied the corresponding ViewController into the clipboard and deleted it, afterwards I pasted it again.
Suddenly everything was working like a charm again!
It happened when I added a Swift file into an Objective-C project .
So , in this situation what you can do is . .
Select MY_FILE.Swift >> Delete >> Remove Reference
Select MY_FOLDER >> Add MY_FILE.Swift
Voila ! You are good to go .
Simplest solution:- I used xCode 7 and iOS 9.
in your .m
delete #import "VC.h"
save .m and link your outlet again it work fine.
I used xCode 7 and iOS 9.
in your .m
delete #import "VC.h"
save .m and link your outlet again it work fine.
in your .m
add #import "VC.h"
save .m
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I got an error on Xcode saying that there was no information about the view controller.
Could not insert new outlet connection: Could not find any information for the class named
Why is this happening?
Here are some things that can fix this (in increasing order of difficulty):
Clean the project (Product > Clean)
Manually paste in
#IBOutlet weak var viewName: UIView!
// or
#IBAction func viewTapped(_ sender: Any) { }
and control drag to it. (Change type as needed.) Also see this.
Completely close Xcode and restart your project.
Delete the Derived Data folder (Go to Xcode > Preferences > Locations and click the gray arrow by the Derived Data folder. Then delete your project folder.)
Click delete on the class, remove reference (not Move to Trash), and add it back again. (see this answer)
Or if none of the above works, type out the name of the outlet into the file first #IBOutlet weak var headerHeightConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint! and then click and drag from the outlet in the nib to the variable you just programmatically created. It should work without any of the hassle of cleaning, building, and deleting anything.
Just perform the two following steps to get rid of this error
Clean project using Product > clean
Run the project
Now try to add the action or outlet.
That's it.
Happy Coding
None of the tips in the best answer worked for me. Was going crazy. Then noticed that the Assistant Editor had somehow gotten set to Manual and I was on the ViewController.swift (Interface) instead of the ViewController.swift file.
Changed that and problem solved. A bit embarrassing but hey, we are all learning.
Here are the steps solved for me:
Remove Class name reference from View(storyboard/xib) and save;
Add Class name again and save;
Clean and Build;
Done !
I had the same issue. I tired below solutions but didn’t worked :
Clean Project (cmd + shift + k) and even Clean Project Build (cmd + shift + alt + k)
Deleted Derived data and Module Cache content
Below workaround to this issue :
Move to source code file and write the IBOutlet / IBAction manually (copy paste preferred)
Then move to Storyboard file and Open Utilites window
Goto Connection Inspector
Then Connect the IBOutlet and IBAction written in source file with Interface Builder.
I had the same problem. I realised than in X-Code Manual item was selected when I tried to create an outlet by control-drag
After I set it to automatic it worked
I solved this problem by programmatically creating the Labels and Textfields, and then Command-Dragged from the little empty circles on the left of the code to the components on the Storyboard. To illustrate my point: I wrote #IBOutlet weak var HelloLabel: UILabel!, and then pressed Command and dragged the code into the component on the storyboard.
Close the project you are working on with.
Delete your project's【DerivedData】folder. (This folder may inside
your project's folder, or inside
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/
(your project)/) or somewhere else that was setup by you.
restart your project.
I got this bug when I renamed the class. Then I solved it just by following the below steps
In Xcode Menu -> Product -> Clean
Restart the Xcode
I found an easier workaround as I this bug can be found on XCODE 9.
Step one go to your viewcontroller and manually write the property you want to connect as the below example, make sure you use the below format.
#IBOutlet weak var questionsStackView: UIStackView!
Step two go to your storyboard and connect your view or whatever your trying to connect to the property you created in step 1.
The above will save you time of removing and cleaning derived data.
Please perform the following two steps only to get rid of this error.
1. Clean Project using Product -> clean.
2. Run the Project.
Now try to add/Connect the actions or outlets.
Working Fine for me for many times.
In my case this was bc I chose a new UIViewController file in IB and then tried to ctrl-drag to this new controller without first removing the previous connections in the Connections Inspector. Remove those first and try again.
For me it worked when on the right tab > Localization, I checked English check box. Initially only Base was checked. After that I had no more problems. Hope this helps!
I selected Automatic option to select the ViewController.swift file. And then I can able to take outlets.
None of this worked for me but I did figure this out.
Inside the storyboard I copied the corresponding ViewController into the clipboard and deleted it, afterwards I pasted it again.
Suddenly everything was working like a charm again!
It happened when I added a Swift file into an Objective-C project .
So , in this situation what you can do is . .
Select MY_FILE.Swift >> Delete >> Remove Reference
Select MY_FOLDER >> Add MY_FILE.Swift
Voila ! You are good to go .
Simplest solution:- I used xCode 7 and iOS 9.
in your .m
delete #import "VC.h"
save .m and link your outlet again it work fine.
I used xCode 7 and iOS 9.
in your .m
delete #import "VC.h"
save .m and link your outlet again it work fine.
in your .m
add #import "VC.h"
save .m
Xcode storyboard assistant editor stopped showing related files.
"Automatic" is selected and "Class" is filled in Identity Inspector.
It was working before, but know it has stopped.
"Auto" or "CounterPart" modes are still woking for other files except StoryBoard.
A few days ago, I tried to update from Xcode 5 to 6, but later on gave up.
Would that have something to do with it?
With XCode 11 onwards, you can option(alt) + click on the file that you want to view in assistant editor.
Simple Fix.
Found the solution (at least worked for me), it's the same bug that causes you not to be able to create new outlets. You must delete the [DerivedData] folder:
Close the project you are working on with.
Delete the【DerivedData】folder of you project. (This folder may inside your project's folder, or inside
~/Library/Developer/XCode/DerivedData/(your project)/ ) or somewhere
else that were setup by you.
Restart Xcode.
see here.
In same case this worked for me:
Right click on ViewController file(on left pane) and choose Delete -> Remove Reference.
Right click on folder where this ViewController file was and choose Add files to .. and add this ViewController file which your just deleted.
Profit.
Deleting the Derived Data didn't work for me nor force quitting Xcode and restarting it.
The only thing that worked was deleting both the class and the storyboard (only the reference to them) and adding them back to the project.
Hope to help someone.
If anyone is wondering how to find Assistant editor in XCode 11 then
please find the steps from the below image. You can show this options
in storyboard or Xib files on upper left corner.
Maybe it's too late but just with the keyboard, you can launch a reset for associated files.
Use the keyboard :
command + option + shift + z
You can find it in the menu Xcode->View->Assistant Editor->Reset Editor.
Click first on the assistant window, then click on 'option'+'alt' and right click on the view controller that you want.
I have Xcode 13.1 and none of these solutions is working for me, but this simple solution works for me every single time. With your Storyboard and (empty) Assistant Editor open, in the upper right of the Editor window click the "Add Editor on Right" icon Editor On Right Icon, and just as promised, it will open a new editor to the right of your Storyboard and (broken) Assistant Editor, only the Assistant in THIS window will be working! Just find the "Close Window" x on your broken editor, close it, and in its place will be your shiny new working Assistant!
Full Editor View of where to click to open the new Editor On Right
Tried all the above methods whereas after simply running the app Command + B fixed this issue and I was able to select the screen under automatic.
This command on terminal fixed my issue:
defaults write com.apple.dt.XCode IDEIndexDisable 0
simply exiting and reopening Xcode worked for me.
For Xcode 8+ versions
Check at top process indicator that if Xcode is "indexing" files... if yes, then, please wait until it finishes. Once it get finished. Your file will automatically appear as counterpart in Automatic section.
If Xcode is not showing "indexing" in process bar, then perform as #Anna Chiara's Answer
I deleted ~/Library/Developer/XCode/DerivedData -> didn't work
Xcode->View->Assistant Editor->Reset Editor is disable
Finally, I figured out that the class name of File's Owner of .xib file is incorrect (the class doesn't exist). I corrected it and Assistant Editor works again.
Hope this helps you
I had the same problem. Finally this is what worked for me.
Changing the name of the ViewController File.
Change the name of the class to the new name via the Refactor tool
Refactor tool
The only thing that ended up working for me was copying over the code from the offending ViewController files and completely deleting them, then creating new ones with the exact same name and pasting in the previous code.
The assistant then linked up to the new ViewController files with no issue.
None of these answers worked for me w/ XCode 13. However, the following worked:
Rename the ViewController class to ViewController2
Update the reference in the storyboard to ViewController2
This made the assistant editor appear.
Change the name of the class back to ViewController. Change the reference in main.storyboard back to ViewController and hit enter (Step 2)
I had same issue and spent almost 2 hours of trying different aproaches finally I found something to solve problem.
I've created two or more VC at the same swift file and I think that's why IDE confused about the files.
So I suggest that you should delete your viewcontroller class and clean than reassign class.
I hope it works for you too.
For what it is worth, this was happening to me for the last couple days on 9.3 . I had just added a new build schema for an alternate debug symbol on testflight. It was not until I removed the new schema and then deleted Derived Data and restarted did it start working again. I have re-added the new schema back in and it continues to work. Not sure what the issue was, but that is what solved it for me.
In case anyone is watching I had a bizarre instance of this (Xcode 11): I deleted a View Controller that I'd done incorrectly; dropped in a new one, created the UIView and associated. BUT I didn't bother to create the outlet from the View Controller on the previous screen. Strange that it let me work for a few minutes, then after I had turned off the assistant editor to do something else, turned it back on and only had the UIResponder.h file. Edit - this happened again. Had to delete the 'wire' to the next screen, then recreate - then option to get to the correct .m and .h files reappeared.
I faced a similar issue and here's what I did
I had a swift file and a xib file with its class connected to the swift file like so inside a group folder, and it doesn't show that they're connected.
But when I take them off the folder the assistant works somehow, so I took them off the folder and made an outlet from a UILabel then put them back inside the folder then they're permenantly connected.
Quite Xcode and reopen it. This is solve my problem.
I had the same problem. But my problem was about having the VC's under "View Controller" folder. When I move VC's to main folder instead of "View Controller" folder, I was able to reach the assistant without problem. If you have the same issue like mine, you can solve by deleting all the VC's and create again under your sub folder.
Just add the Class on right side of your story board which you want to open in assistant
I just got this error in one of my apps, and after checking some other apps the same error is happening. None of my IBOutlets and IBActions are connected anymore. When I recreate the outlet by control-dragging into the .h file, the outlet still displays the error in Connections Inspector > Outlets, saying (view controller) does not have an outlet named (subview). Before today I didn't have this problem, so is to do with Xcode 6? The view controller is referencing the correct class under Identity Inspector > Custom Class. I have deleted the derived data folder, removed the reference to the .h file, cleaned the project, and cleaned the build folder. None of that has worked and I can't progress with development until this issue is fixed.
Update: I just reopened the project after a couple of days and my outlets no longer have the exclamation mark next to them, and the 'easyLabel' outlet that I disconnected has reappeared. I didn't change anything, so I guess it's a bug in Xcode 6-6.1.
Update 2: This error came back. Exclamation marks next to every outlet. If I delete them I can't re-add them. Can't create new outlets. Also can't give a view controller a custom class. I really just want to make some progress on an app, but this issue keeps recurring. Really just can't stand it anymore. Any help would be appreciated.
Duplicate of: Xcode 6: can't connect any IBOutlet to ViewController but here's the trick:
You can also see that the link between the parent view and the custom class is broken (not visible anymore) which is a huge problem.
I had the exact same issue with the app i'm working on actually, updating Xcode from 5.xxx to 6.1. The workaround that worked for me was to remove the reference of every view controller and re-add them to the project... Unfortunately, in some cases, mine actually, all the connections get lost again when XCode is closed.
To everyone facing that issue, here's the (annoying) trick :
Step 1 : select both .h and .m view controller files
Step 2 : remove the reference of those files
Step 3 : re-add the files to your project tree
Step 4 : open the storyboard, eventually re-build the project and smile
I can understand those things could be reaaally annoying, but it worked for me... Hope it will help someone else !
I had the exact same problem and what was breaking my storyboards was the fact that my project was inside the folder /Dropbox (MyName)/projects/
Apparently something about the name of the dropbox folder with spaces and ( ) was BREAKING my storyboard completely, try what I did and move your project completely to another folder and see if that helps :)
I had the same problem, changed the class under identity Inspector > Custom Class to something else, saved it and then set it again to the correct one, after doing that the connections appeared normally.
I had this issue with a Swift UIViewController subclass. I had removed the original view that IB created for me, and added a new view—which I was unable to connect.
I went to the Identity inspector for the File's owner, and tried to re-enter it, thinking that maybe it had been modified somehow. Oddly, the class name did not autocomplete. It seemed like XCode was unable to actually see my class.
I tried removing and re-adding both the .swift and .xib files, to no avail. XCode would allow me to manually type in my owning class name, but it would not autocomplete. It seemed to think it didn't exist, or wasn't valid for this context.
Looking back at my code, I had something like the following:
extension SomeViewController {
func foo() -> Bool {
return false
}
}
class SomeViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
}
It compiles just fine, but on a hunch, I removed the extension. I saved the file, went back to the .xib, and was able to set the File's Owner identity with autocompletion again. I was also able to wire up the view.
It would suck if extensions always broke things of course, so I tried again, this time with the extension after the class:
class SomeViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
}
extension SomeViewController {
func foo() -> Bool {
return false
}
}
Everything still worked in IB. To sanity check, I moved the extension back ahead of the class definition, and things were again horked.
I took a look a the *-Swift.h generated by XCode, and at least relative to the affected class, there seemed to be no differences—regardless of where I put the extensions in the Swift file, they were always declared after the #interface definition for the actual class in the header.
So, long story short, in my case this was due to Swift extensions (I say extensions because my actual code has many) coming before the class definition. I moved them after the class definition, and the problem went away.
For me I had to remove the reference and add back to my project the -XIB- file for my view controller. Simply removing the view controller .h/.m did not reset the outlets, but removing the .xib and adding it back did!
I have this problem only with #protocol defined IBOutlets if I don't redefine them in the implementing class.
Probably the only thing we can do is file a bug.
Why dont you update your xcode 6.0.1 to xcode 6.1, Apple have fixed many bugs.
Download Xcode 6
Do you get the same issue if you connect the actions/outlets in Interface Builder instead of the assistant editor? For actions try control dragging from your object in IB to your first responder object (or whatever you have your class set to).
#robb actually discovered the fix for this, but the issue he found was that the group in the project that mirrored a folder on disk used a different case.
So if the project group was Broken/classone.m
and on disk it was broken/classone.m
Interface builder could not find the files. Renaming either the group or the folder to match case resolved the issue.
I was having the same issue but it was because i changed the name of the view controller in the Project Navigator to MapViewController but its name stayed the same (ViewController) in the code. once i changed it, it worked
I've had this same problem since using XCode 6.1, answers above didn't work for me. (removing/re-adding my class files, changing the class to something else and then changing it back. The only thing I didn't try was creating a new project from scratch).
I noticed by accident that my 'Application' placeholder within the MainMenu.xib had somehow got its class set to NSObject. Changing that to NSApplication seemed to clear the 'does not have an outlet named' problem from all of my other objects.
I updated my project from Xcode 6.x to Xcode 7.x about two months ago without any issues. But then this morning I ran into this bug. I tried pretty much everything on this page but nothing worked. But then Justin Middleton's solution gave me an idea.
When I switched my project from the 10.9 SDK to the 10.11 SDK, I decided I wanted my code to remain backwards compatible just in case I had to revert back to Xcode 6.2. So I put Preprocessor code around several of my object declarations, e.g.:
// This caused the (!) problem in Interface Builder
#if( MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED > MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_10 )
#interface CLChatWindowController : NSObject <WebPolicyDelegate, WebUIDelegate, WebFrameLoadDelegate>
#else
#interface CLChatWindowController : NSObject
#endif
...
// Removing all the Preprocessor code fixed the problem
#interface CLChatWindowController : NSObject <WebPolicyDelegate, WebUIDelegate, WebFrameLoadDelegate>
....
Once I removed all the Preprocessor code, the (!) characters in Interface Builder disappeared and everything went back to normal. Hope that helps someone.
Xcode 6.3.2. Similar issue. A project(s) that i've been working on suddenly 'disconnects' IBOutlets and shows the error
view controller does not have an outlet named (subview)
The project still builds and works and if you hover over the IBOutlets in code it thinks there are still connected.
I've nailed this down (at least in my case) to an issue with storing projects on dropbox (similar to an above post). The fix for me was super easy:
Drag the project folder off of dropbox to your desktop. Then drag the project back into dropbox.
This solution has fixed numerous projects with the issue.
Try to add the header file to the project, if it's missing.
I had this in Xcode 7.0.1 on a swift project. Specifically, tableview cell connections were broken (permanently) while other things still worked. Deleting derived data, rebooting etc - nothing worked.
My solution ended up being:
Close xcode project
Delete derived data for project (Window->Projects)
Rename the entire project/source folder, ie. project -> project-1
(Update source-management bookmarks like sourcetree as required)
Open project in xcode (from finder): notice that the storyboard and a few other files are in red. Delete the references, re-add them. Boom, it works.
Note that deleting the reference to the storyboard and readding it, even with deleted derived data, was not enough. The rename of the entire source folder was necessary for me.
My project is using a storyboard that has been working great so far. However, just yesterday something very strange happened - here are the details:
Any new IBOutlets or IBActions I create aren't listed under "Referencing Outlets" in the Connections inspector.
If I remove any of my existing referencing connections in the storyboard - they disappear completely from the list and I can't re-connect them.
If I try to set the custom class under the identity inspector, I can't see any of my classes being pre-populated or appearing in the dropdown list.
I have tried cleaning, cleaning derived data, quitting XCode and restarting my computer but no luck! This problem hasn't affected any other projects though.
If anyone has any thoughts on how this could be resolved that would be amazing!
Kind regards,
Jeremy
I was able to fix the problem by restarting my computer again!
I think that you must need to clean your build folder and then restart.
Thanks guys for your comments!
I was looking for this answer to everywhere! None of this solution worked for me!
All you have to do is:
Step 1: Check your selected class have the right "Subclass" when you have created this class for a storyboard reference!
Step 2: If the subclass is wrong, delete this class and create it again with right Subclass, for example it can be UIView or UITabelView or UIViewController or anything else!
I have recreated this class with right subclasses and it worked for me
The new Xcode 14 has a toolchain feature which we recently used .. and I ran into this same problem without noticing I have to change it back .. so if like me you changed the toolchain for some purpose change it back to Xcode and force restart Xcode