ios - How can I debug 'unrecognized selector sent to instance' error

Question

I am creating a custom table cell view for my table view. After I connect an image view of custom cell (in storyboard) to my code in swift, I get the following error.

[UITableViewCellContentView image]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fb4fad7fd20'
*** First throw call stack:
(
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x000000010ccbb3f5 __exceptionPreprocess + 165
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x000000010e7e9bb7 objc_exception_throw + 45
    2   CoreFoundation                      0x000000010ccc250d -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 205
    3   CoreFoundation                      0x000000010cc1a7fc ___forwarding___ + 988
    4   CoreFoundation                      0x000000010cc1a398 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120
    5   UIKit                               0x000000010d7d8881 -[UITableViewCell _marginWidth] + 151
    6   UIKit                               0x000000010d7ca23d -[UITableViewCell _separatorFrame] + 70
    7   UIKit                               0x000000010d7ca6fa -[UITableViewCell _updateSeparatorContent] + 360
    8   UIKit                               0x000000010d7d4e85 -[UITableViewCell _setSectionLocation:animated:forceBackgroundSetup:] + 1174
    9   UIKit                               0x000000010d634ea8 __53-[UITableView _configureCellForDisplay:forIndexPath:]_block_invoke + 1822
    10  UIKit                               0x000000010d5b5eae +[UIView(Animation) performWithoutAnimation:] + 65
    11  UIKit                               0x000000010d63477b -[UITableView _configureCellForDisplay:forIndexPath:] + 312
    12  UIKit                               0x000000010d63bcec -[UITableView _createPreparedCellForGlobalRow:withIndexPath:willDisplay:] + 533
    13  UIKit                               0x000000010d61b7f1 -[UITableView _updateVisibleCellsNow:isRecursive:] + 2846
    14  UIKit                               0x000000010d63165c -[UITableView layoutSubviews] + 213
    15  UIKit                               0x000000010d5be199 -[UIView(CALayerDelegate) layoutSublayersOfLayer:] + 521
    16  QuartzCore                          0x00000001114b6f98 -[CALayer layoutSublayers] + 150
    17  QuartzCore                          0x00000001114abbbe _ZN2CA5Layer16layout_if_neededEPNS_11TransactionE + 380
    18  QuartzCore                          0x00000001114aba2e _ZN2CA5Layer28layout_and_display_if_neededEPNS_11TransactionE + 24
    19  QuartzCore                          0x0000000111419ade _ZN2CA7Context18commit_transactionEPNS_11TransactionE + 242
    20  QuartzCore                          0x000000011141abea _ZN2CA11Transaction6commitEv + 390
    21  QuartzCore                          0x000000011141b255 _ZN2CA11Transaction17observer_callbackEP19__CFRunLoopObservermPv + 89
    22  CoreFoundation                      0x000000010cbf0347 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 23
    23  CoreFoundation                      0x000000010cbf02a0 __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 368
    24  CoreFoundation                      0x000000010cbe60d3 __CFRunLoopRun + 1123
    25  CoreFoundation                      0x000000010cbe5a06 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 470
    26  GraphicsServices                    0x0000000110daa9f0 GSEventRunModal + 161
    27  UIKit                               0x000000010d545550 UIApplicationMain + 1282
    28  TestWork                          0x000000010caa432e top_level_code + 78
    29  TestWork                          0x000000010caa436a main + 42
    30  libdyld.dylib                       0x000000010efc3145 start + 1
    31  ???                                 0x0000000000000001 0x0 + 1
)

Can you please tell me how to resolve this error?

Thank you.

I add an exception breakpoint in my project.

This is the line where it breaks.

  override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = self.tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(kCellIdentifier) as ItemTableViewCell  <---------------

But I don't use 'image' in my code.

Answer 1

Try setting a symbolic breakpoint on -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:]. Just click [+] in the bottom left corner of the Breakpoint Navigator to add a breakpoint. Then click 'Add Symbolic Breakpoint'. Reproducing your crash now should give you a better idea where in your code the issue occurs.