NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 

Question

In my AppDelegate there is a problem I do not understand. RootViewController initially called ViewController and I changed it name. The application is formed by many ViewController then I have introduced a UINavigationController. Why this error comes?

  NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Could not load NIB in bundle: 'NSBundle 
  /Users/XXXXXXXXXXXX/Library/Application Support/iPhone simulator/6.0/Applications/
  B7A7D461-1CFE-4B05-AF32-00B65FCFFF49/XXXXXXXXXX.app> (loaded)'with name 
 'RootViewController''

  *** First throw call stack:
  (0x1992012 0x1357e7e 0x1991deb 0x4bafac 0x37fe37 0x380418 0x380648 0x380882 0
  x380b2a  0x397ef5 0x397fdb x398286 0x398381 0x398eab 0x398fc9 0x399055 0x49e3ab 
  0x2ef92d 0x136b6b0 0x1f12fc0 0x1f0733c 0x1f12eaf 0x38e8cd 0x2d71a6 0x2d5cbf 
  0x2d5bd9 0x2d4e34 0x2d4c6e 0x2d5a29 0x2d8922 0x382fec 0x2cfbc4 0x2cfdbf 
  0x2cff55 0x2d8f67 0x2b30 0x29c7b7 0x29cda7 0x29dfab 0x2af315 0x2b024b 0x2a1cf8 
  0x1dbedf9 0x1dbead0 0x1907bf5 0x1907962 0x1938bb6 0x1937f44 0x1937e1b 0x29d7da
  0x29f65c 0x269d 0x25c5) 
  ibc++abi.dylib: terminate called throwing an exception
  (lldb) 

This is the code in AppDelegate.h

  #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

  @class RootViewController;

  @interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate>{

       UINavigationController *navigationController;
   }

  @property (strong, nonatomic) UIWindow *window;

  @property (strong, nonatomic) RootViewController *viewController;
  @property (strong, nonatomic) UINavigationController * navigationController;



  @end

This is the code of AppDelegate.m

  #import "AppDelegate.h"

  #import "RootViewController.h"



  @implementation AppDelegate

  @synthesize navigationController;
  @synthesize viewController;
  @synthesize window;



  - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:    (NSDictionary *)launchOptions
 {
         self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
        // Override point for customization after application launch.

         if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone) {
               self.viewController = [[RootViewController alloc]      initWithNibName:@"RootViewController_iPhone.xib" bundle:nil];
   } else {
    self.viewController = [[RootViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"RootViewController_iPad.xib" bundle:nil];
   }

    RootViewController *rootMenu=[[RootViewController alloc]initWithNibName:@"RootViewController" bundle:nil];

    self.navigationController =[[UINavigationController alloc]initWithRootViewController:rootMenu];

    self.window.rootViewController = self.navigationController;
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
    return YES;
}

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Note that if you are using [self class] nibName] can return different name if you are using swift... might be different than the name you are expecting it to return.

Especially if you have multiple targets for your code.

In that case try to override:

override var nibName: String?{
        return "YourXibFileName" // No .xib at the end :)
}

Answer 2

I've gone through the same issue quite a number of times. What I've found for myself is that the xib file i'm linking would always be misspelled. In my case, this is the line of code for me that lead to the exception:

*NSArray nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"shelfcell" owner:self options:nil];

The "shelfcell" was my xib file name. But i had mis spelled it as "ShelfCell", "shelfCell" etc, which lead to the exception. So dont bug your head much. Check the lines of code and the spellings. Thank you

Answer 3

Simply try removing the ".xib" from the nib name in "initWithNibName:". According to the documentation, the ".xib" is assumed and shouldn't be used.

Answer 4

I was setting an optional self.collectionView?.backgroundColor in the init(coder: constructor of my collection vc.

Once I will have moved that setup in viewDidLoad the exception had somehow disappeared. puzzling.

Answer 5

You can check file xib is same name with your file class. Default XCode will get name xib file from name file class, so if their names are different, XCode can't detect from storyboard It's work with me

Answer 6

I tried several things, finally what worked for me was to delete (and move to trash) the .xib file in question. Then re-create it. To make things easier, I copied the stuff in the .xib temporarily to another .xib, then copied it back into the newly created one.