Could not load NIB in bundle

Question

I am trying to integrate Janrain Engage as custom module with Appcelerator Titanium. I have created a sample module and dragged the JREngage folder to the sample module xcodeproj as indicated in the Jainrain's documentation.

Now I give build command to this project, then execute the ./build.py and then finally I execute the titanium run command. It launches the application in simulator with a blank screen and immediately crashes throwing the following error.

Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Could not load NIB in bundle: 'NSBundle </Users/abhilash/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/4.2/Applications/CA167346-4091-4E16-B841-955D1D391713/test.app> (loaded)' with name 'JRProvidersController''

Why could this error be occurring?

Solution 1

Visit the properties of the .xib files in the file inspector，the property "Target Membership" pitch on the select box, then your xib file was linked with your target

Solution 2

In Targets -> Build Phases

Make sure the .xib is added to Copy Bundle Resources, if it is not present then add .xib file.

Solution 3

try to find out all

XXXController = [[XXXControlloer alloc] initWithNibName:@"XXXController" bundle:nil];

in your code, and make sure that XXXController are spelled correctly

Solution 4

I had the same problem (exception 'Could not load NIB in bundle: ..') after upgrading my xcode from 3.2 to 4.02. Whereas deploying of my app with Xcode 3.2 worked fine it crashes with xcode 4 raising the exception mentioned above - but only when I tried to deploy to the IOS Simulator (v.4.2). Targeting the IOS device (v.4.1) acted also with Xcode 4.

It turned out (after hours of desperately scrabbling around) that the reason was an almost "hidden" setting in the .xib-file:

Visit the properties of the .xib files in the file inspector: The property 'Location' was set to 'Relative to Group' for all .xib files. I changed it to 'Relative to project' and voila: all .xib files now are correctly loaded in IOS simulator !

I have no clue what's the reason behind that for this odd Xcode4 behavior but maybe it's worth to make an attempt ?

Solution 5

In my case it was very weird (use a storyboard): For some reason it changed from "Main storyboard file base name" to "Main nib file base name" in the plist.

Changing back to "Main storyboard file base name" (UIMainStoryboardFile) solved the issue

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Comments

[Goje87]

Hey Hanuman, I have checked that file JRProvidersController.xib exists. I have also tried to rename the file and execute, even then it's throwing the same exception.

[Hanuman]

try changing the invocation to initWithNibName:NSStringFromClass([MyViewController class]). Also check closely for file name as it is case sensitive

[Hanuman]

stackoverflow.com/questions/4155292/…

[Goje87]

I have made the changes suggested by you, but have got no success.

[Robert Childan]

Additionally, if you are using alloc init, instead of initWithNibName:bunle:, what you will get is a black screen.

[Nir Pengas]

same thing here as michael is describing. i had created a xib file holding a custom UITableViewCell. when i open the .app and searched for myCell.xib, i see it's actually myCell.nib. further more, the app was only crashing on the device and load the xib file okay when executing on the simulator. it was a bit tricky to reset it. for me at least. only when i deleted the file, cleaned the target and copied the file back - did it work.

[Ben]

Wondering why an absolutely unused .xib file must hang in a project file folder…

[Yunus Nedim Mehel]

I guess I accidentally unchecked this checkbox instead of autolayout. Fixed the crash for me, thanks

[Pieter Jongsma]

The reason you mustn't add the extension is that in your compiled bundle, .xib files are also compiled into .nib files. So there actually wasn't a MyFile.xib in your bundle, nevermind the double extension.

[chings228]

it's easy , since the nibname is not autotyped

[Rameez Hussain]

Good one. Had the same problem. Thanks. This solved it.

[BeccaP]

This solved my problem! Thank you. I had just duplicated my project and renamed all the pertinent files. Everything worked but this. Now everything works!!

[Peter Kazazes]

This solved a crash I was dealing with when compiling a very out of date Quartz Composer plugin.

[fotisgpap]

marked up as it also shows an easy way to find and view the package contents

[i89]

This solved my problem, since I got two storyboards "MyStoryboard.storyboard" and "MyStoryboard~ipad.storyboad"...so from the iPad target I removed "MyStoryboard.storyboard" from the "Copy Bundle Resources"

[Gil Sand]

He meant the class name in just before the alloc, which is autotyped :P

[Stas]

all target membership checkboxes are grayed out for me...what could be the reason?

[Kyle Goslan]

I just deleted Derived Data folder and it worked. Seems to get confused because I had renamed the xib file in the project navigation. Odd one.

[Vyachaslav Gerchicov]

uiview could be loaded from nib but doesn't have initWithNibName:bundle: method

[chings228]

we are talking about viewcontroller

[Zaporozhchenko Oleksandr]

@chings228 XXXControlloer and XXXController, see the difference

[heximal]

doh. how could I get myself to this again. thanks kind man:) i was at very beginning of the researching this problem

[SafeFastExpressive]

File name for my nib was FormItemCheckBoxCell.nib, class was FormItemCheckboxCell. Capitalizing "Box" in the name cost 45 minutes of my life.

[Firda Sahidi]

Finally! I work in modular project of iOS and this is what I'm looking for. Thank you!

[famfamfam]

what is aViewInMyCustomView?

[norbDEV]

@famfamfam: a UIView

[famfamfam]

tks, now i know how to use

[jpb]

Similarly, I got an error like this when I (foolishly) tried to assign a table view delegate and data source in the init() rather than viewDidLoad()

[Pravalika]

I had an extra character in my .xib file name. If I didn't come across your answer, I might have never figured it out. Thanks a lot.

[LMaker]

can you show how you did?