UIStoryboard Couldn't find view controller with identifier

Question

I have an ios application using storyboards with a bunch of view controllers.

After Adding a new ViewController, and configured the identify (Storyboard ID)

I try to instantiate the new ViewController with the following code:

SurveyNewViewController *newSurvey = [[self storyboard] instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"newSurveyView"];
[self presentViewController:newSurvey animated:YES completion:nil];

Everything seems to be right, but when running the application on the simulator it crashes:

** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason:   
'Storyboard (<UIStoryboard: 0xa340fa0>) doesn't contain a view controller 
with identifier 'newSurveyView''

Is there any possible explanation for this? I have used this same approach in different places on the system and it works well.

Homonym

Do you have more than 1 storyboard? – Cacilie

Also, what do you do in your [self storyboard] method? – Loram

yes @rdelmar, I have more than one storyboard. @Loram [self storyboard] is a property from UIViewController. – Homonym

Is SurveyNewViewController in the same storyboard as the controller you have this code in? – Cacilie

@Cacilie yes, same storyboard. – Homonym

Well, I can't see anything wrong then. Try doing a clean on the project. Maybe close Xcode and reopen. – Cacilie

@Cacilie looks like this fixed. Cleaned the project, removed it from the simulador and running made it work. – Homonym

Answer 1

Try remove your app from iPhone Simulator, clean project and build, after run your project.

Colp

remove? ask user to remove too? – Exempt

OMG, this one really helps. Thank you for the hint. – Elliot

What will happen when existing users get the update? – Dementia

Answer 2

Try with that :

[[UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"StoryboardNameOfnewSurveyView" bundle:nil] instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"newSurveyView"];

If it works, I think [self storyboard] don't give you the right object ;).

Vancouver

Tried that already and results is the same. Indeed I have other piece of code, like that one, in the same class that works fine. – Homonym

Answer 3

Set Storyboard ID as this is use in Xcode 8.0 and check the Use Storyboard ID option. Also check the Class field is set in Storyboard to that ViewController.

Stockade