UICollectionView : Cells do not appear/populate

Question

I need some help with a uicollectionview that I've been trying to implement in Objective-C/xcode: I am unable to have the cells appear/populate the collectionview (CV). Currently I am using the interface builder, and a custom class for cells. The CV is to be a wide strip that is a single row of square image cells, that can be scrolled/swept through horizontally. My attempts at implementation result in the wide strip but it never populates with cells. I have explored other stackoverflow threads similar to this issue, where they discuss the subclassing of cell but I was unable to make it work. Have also tried programmatic implementation and had the same issue. Would really appreciate any insight as I have been stuck at this point for days. Below the code I am using, are screenshots of interface builder showing different settings... some I know are useful to include and I apologize if I have shared anything useless.

from ViewController.h

@interface ViewController : UIViewController <UICollectionViewDelegate,UICollectionViewDataSource>

@property (weak, nonatomic)  NSMutableArray *medCollectionCells;

from ViewController.m

#import "CoolCell.h"

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UICollectionView *medCollection;

- (void)viewDidLoad

{

    _medCollectionCells = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:@"1st cell",@"2nd cell",@"3rd cell",@"4th cell",@"5th cell",@"6th cell",@"7th cell",@"8th cell",@"5th cell", nil];

    self.medCollection.delegate = self;

    self.medCollection.dataSource = self;

}

// collection view delegate methods

- (NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{

    return [_medCollectionCells count];

}

- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    CoolCell *cell = (CoolCell *)[_medCollection dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"MyCustomCell" forIndexPath:indexPath];

    cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];

    return cell;

}

CoolCell.h:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface CoolCell : UICollectionViewCell

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *customLabel;

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIImageView *customImage;

@end

CoolCell.m:

#import "CoolCell.h"

@implementation CoolCell

@end

Screen Shots

Storyboard layout

Collection View Settings 1

Collection View Settings 2

Cell Settings 1

Cell Settings 2

Interface Builder Outlets

Grateful for any assistance/insight. Thank you.

Answer 1

Seems like the delegate and dataSource properties are connected to a View object in Interface Builder. Maybe remove that since you are setting those properties in code.