Storyboard doesn't contain a view controller with identifier

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I keep getting the following error:

Storyboard (<UIStoryboard: 0x7ebdd20>) doesn't contain a view controller with identifier 'drivingDetails'

This is the code:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView 
        didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

   UIViewController *controller =  [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"drivingDetails"];
   controller.title = [[dao libraryItemAtIndex:indexPath.row] valueForKey:@"name"];
   [self.navigationController pushViewController:controller animated:YES];
}

I have already set the identifier on the UIStoryboard but I'm still getting this error.

enter image description here

Looks like you set the identifier of a segue, not a view controller. Which view controller in that picture are you trying to present? And why aren't you just using a segue? — Firoze Lafeer
– Firoze Lafeer, Commented Nov 28, 2011 at 12:39
Up to Driving view controller works well.... than when I try to present TableViewController I get the error...... how would you do it? — Mat
– Mat, Commented Nov 28, 2011 at 12:46
Go to Storyboard, remove that Storyboard ID, and add again. You sometimes need to clean build folder and derived data — onmyway133
– onmyway133, Commented Feb 20, 2019 at 13:37

Andy Weinstein · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-09 14:03:27Z

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Just for future reference:

I'm developing on iOS 6 using Storyboards.

I was having the same issue, but I could not find the "Identifier" field in the inspector. Instead, just set the field named "Storyboard ID" to what you would name the Identifier. This field can be found under the "Show the Identity inspector" tab in the inspector.

[Note - comments below indicate that some people have found that they need to (also?) set the field "Restoration ID" just below the Storyboard ID in the inspector. Clicking on "Use Storyboard ID" does not seem to be enough.]

There's an image below for reference: (in this instance I've named my identifier the same as my class) enter image description here

edited Aug 9, 2015 at 14:03

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5 Comments

ilmiacs Over a year ago

pre XCode 4.4 and earlier: Identifier; XCode 4.5: Storyboard ID

beginners Over a year ago

thank you for your information. I was in trouble to find identifier in storyboard following the explanations in google, but I couldn't find Identifier in Xcode4.6. this is big issue to newbie. thanks.

Droid Chris Over a year ago

What worked for me was using the ReuseIndentifier. Storyboard ID still causes a null pointer exception.

Ahmed Over a year ago

Same case here @DroidChris

Preetam Jadakar Over a year ago

check for "Use Storyboard ID" made me happy

Ted · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-08 18:36:18Z

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In Xcode 7 - 13,

when you change storyboard IDs and you get errors like this,

just CLEAN your project (CMD+SHIFT+K)

edited Jan 8, 2021 at 18:36

answered Sep 20, 2015 at 13:33

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AppDever Over a year ago

Why do I always forget to do this? It fixes the craziest problems. Thanks, Ted, for reminding me!

Ed Holloway-George Over a year ago

This issue occurred in XCode 7.2 when pulling from a repo in which a VC in the storyboard had been assigned an identifier. Cleaning the project seemed to resolve the issue.

dokun1 Over a year ago

I thought I was losing my mind...a simple segue wasn't working, this did the trick.

kiran Over a year ago

Yes Its working !!!! some time Cleaning the xcode project will remove unwanted reference to project

ktamas Over a year ago

I'm coming from Android Studio and Android development. This is crazy how many hacks I have to use in XCode and Swift. I really have to cry. Seriously.

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Rafael · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-12 11:50:53Z

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let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "StoryboardFileName", bundle: nil)
let controller = storyboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "StoryboardID")
self.present(controller, animated: true, completion: nil)

Note:

"StoryboardFileName" is the filename of the Storyboard and not the ID of the storyboard!
"StoryboardID" is the ID you have manually set in the identity inspector for that storyboard (see screenshot below).

Sometimes people believe that the first one is the Storyboard ID and the second one the View Controller class name, so note the difference.

edited Apr 12, 2020 at 11:50

answered Feb 4, 2018 at 19:25

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FevtheDev Over a year ago

This!! My man you just solved my 18 hour mystery. Thank you for the concise explanation.

roosevelt Over a year ago

Jesus christ! Thanks for this! .instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "StoryboardID") should be renamed to .instantiateStoryboard(withIdentifier: "StoryboardID") Or just something simpler UIStoryboard(name: "StoryboardFileName", bundle: nil).init()

mamills Over a year ago

Does it make sense that after setting the name in "Storyboard ID" that I also needed to check the "Use Storyboard ID" checkbox for this to work?

Mat · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-10 06:18:46Z

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Fixed! Not only the identifier in the segue must be set, in my case DrivingDetails, but also the identifier in my tableViewController must be set as DrivingDetails...check my picture:

enter image description here

I also removed the navigation view controller so now the 2 table view controllers are connected directly with a "push" animation.

*****EDIT for XCODE 7.0*****

you have to set the storyboardId(in this case the viewController is embedded in a Navigation controller:

let lastMinVc  = mainStoryBoard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("lastMinuteNavController") as! UINavigationController

edited Feb 10, 2016 at 6:18

answered Nov 29, 2011 at 18:03

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Anon957 Over a year ago

I am running into a similar problem to this question but when i go to the attributes inspector i don't see 2 fields like in your screen shot only a Title field, no identifier field

Mat Over a year ago

have you looked at the answer above? I think is more updated. Thanks

Jawwad Over a year ago

The identifier for the segue has nothing to do with this. Only the Storyboard ID for the view controller needs to be set in the storyboard.

William Entriken Over a year ago

Possibly related. In iOS7 [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier] is NOT instantiating the views from Interface Builder inside the view controller; but in iOS6 it did

SerkanHocam · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-17 22:57:48Z

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Identity located in Identity Inspector tab named Storyboard ID for Xcode 6.3.2 and checked Use Storyboard ID option. enter image description here

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Tyler Hackbart Over a year ago

This was the problem all along, this worked in both places I was having problems. Its not just the Storyboard ID value being set, you need to check the 'Use Storyboard ID'

Marcy Over a year ago

"Use Storyboard ID" was the vital piece missing for me. Thank you.

Quinn Frederick · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-13 18:16:40Z

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Just had this issue after adding a new VC to the storyboard but only on the device, not on the simulator. Turns out it was due to having multiple storyboard localizations - the VC was only added to the primary one. I tried removing the other localizations (one of which is the one my iPhone uses) but still had the error. In the end I had to recreate the other localizations with the new VC in each of them.

answered Aug 13, 2012 at 18:16

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Kamaldeep singh Bhatia · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-03 06:50:02Z

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Compiler shows following error :

Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException',
reason: 'Storyboard (<UIStoryboard: 0x7fedf2d5c9a0>) doesn't contain a 
ViewController with identifier 'SBAddEmployeeVC''

Here the object of the storyboard created is not the main storyboard which contains our ViewControllers. As storyboard file on which we work is named as Main.storyboard. So we need to have reference of object of the Main.storyboard.

Use following code for that :

UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"Main" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];

Here storyboardWithName is the name of the storyboard file we are working with and bundle specifies the bundle in which our storyboard is (i.e. mainBundle).

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answered Feb 3, 2016 at 5:53

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confitz20 · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-01 05:17:15Z

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For those with the same issue as @Ravi Bhanushali, here is a Swift 4 solution:

let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: Bundle.main)

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Sunil Over a year ago

This should be added a comment on @Ravi 's answer.

confitz20 Over a year ago

I would have but don't have the reputation. Someone with enough reputation is more than welcome to do so

Jon · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-22 21:27:15Z

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I found it ... click on the view controller in storyboard, click the third icon from left on the vc attributes inspectors - the one where you set the call name on that scereen it says 'identity' - mine was hidden , i had to click on the word identity it then shows storyboardID - add the identifier from the code, done

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aychen0110 · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-08 10:35:56Z

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Modifying "Storyboard ID" in the identity inspector (the 3rd icon to the left) should work.

If not and you're sure there's no typo, try cleaning up the project ("Product"->"Clean", or simply command + shift + K).

answered May 8, 2015 at 10:35

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Jay Over a year ago

saved my life. thanks. (especially the part about cleaning)

iamsult · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-28 12:07:46Z

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While entering the identifier u have not selected proper view controller, just check once if done repeat the procedure once more.

answered Nov 28, 2011 at 12:07

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Mat Over a year ago

which view controller should I select? sorry,i'm confused.

Mat Over a year ago

TableViewController *controller = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"drivingDetails"]; controller.title = [[dao libraryItemAtIndex:indexPath.row] valueForKey:@"name"]; [self.navigationController pushViewController:controller animated:YES]; like this?

iamsult Over a year ago

As per the image TableViewController should be selected as u are doing to display details in that controller.

iamsult Over a year ago

Step by step explanation of story board given raywenderlich.com/5138/beginning-storyboards-in-ios-5-part-1

Scott Sherwood Over a year ago

Just a little note your segue identifier and view controller identifier are different. I just wanted to highlight that incase there was some confusion since you are using the same name for both. Your segue identifier should be for use in prepareForSegue and your view controller identifier is for loading views from your storyboard directly. scott-sherwood.com/?p=219

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Andrew · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-27 15:54:01Z

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A few of my view controllers were missing the storyboardIdentifier attribute.

Before:

<viewController
    id="pka-il-u5E"
    customClass="YourViewControllerName"
    customModule="ModuleName"
    customModuleProvider="target"
    sceneMemberID="viewController">

After:

<viewController
    storyboardIdentifier="YourViewControllerName"   <----
    id="pka-il-u5E"
    customClass="YourViewControllerName"
    customModule="ModuleName"
    customModuleProvider="target"
    sceneMemberID="viewController">

answered Oct 27, 2016 at 15:54

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arturovm · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-20 09:38:41Z

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I was facing the same issue. I had given the identifier but the compiler was giving the issue, so I made the new controller and gave that controller a new ID and added it and it's working perfectly! I have added pods as well but don't know why the error was coming but now its gone! Plus also try to clean your project by pressing CMD+SHIFT+K keys. Lemme know if it worked.

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Narasimha Nallamsetty · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-20 13:42:59Z

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I got same error and I could fix this by changing the following changes in my project. I have mentioned my class name in the inspector panel then the problem is solved. Goto->right panel there Identity Inspector In the custom class section

class:your class name(ViewController)

In the Identity section storyboard ID:your storyboard ID(viewController Name)

After this click on Use storyboard ID option over there.That's it the problem is finished. I hope it will help you....

answered Jan 20, 2014 at 13:42

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Priyam · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-16 13:44:57Z

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Use your identifier(@"drivingDetails") as Storyboard ID.

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Saba Zehra · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-24 09:20:18Z

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it is very simple select the respective view controller in the main story board and check the storyboardID if its present use it in the identidier of give a name and use it.

here my firstone is the storyboardID let vc = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "firstone") as! tabBarViewController

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Darkwonder · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-31 18:01:03Z

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I tried all of the above solutions and none worked.

What I did was:

Project clean
Delete derived data
Restart Xcode
Re-enter the StoryboardID shown in previous answers (inside IB).

And then it worked. The shocking thing was that I had entered the Storyboar ID in interface builder and it got removed/deleted after opening Xcode again.

Hope this helps someone.

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answered Jul 19, 2017 at 11:21

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user3722523 · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-24 14:42:34Z

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Cleaning all things and closing Xcode doesn't solved the issue for me.

I had to delete the viewController and create a new one with new identifier.

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Arjun Shukla · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-05 02:54:20Z

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Note: If you use cocoapods in your project, then first run pod deintegrate and rm Podfile.lock

Then open your project folder in any third party code editor like VSCode and do a global search for the ViewController name throwing the error.

Rename/fix any wrong names which you find.
Save all changes.
Clean and build your project.

Everything should work fine now.

This is most often caused when you rename files from within Xcode.

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famfamfam · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-18 08:11:24Z

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check your language, may be the (base) have your controller, but may be specific storyboard does not have it

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Mr Heelis · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-14 10:39:58Z

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XCODE DRAG N DROP PANE IS GONE!!!

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