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NSCollectionView, Swift 4 - Cannot invoke "register"

Can anyone suggest how to solve this NSCollectionView issue? Converted from Swift 3 to Swift 4 and magic started happening :)

Code:

let item = NSNib(nibNamed: NSNib.Name(rawValue: "MACollectionViewItem"), bundle: nil)
collectionView.register(item, forItemWithIdentifier: "CollectionViewItem")

Error for the second line:

Cannot invoke 'register' with an argument list of type '(NSNib?, forItemWithIdentifier: String)'

Solution

  • In Swift 4, you need to use NSUserInterfaceItemIdentifier instead of a String to identify a user interface element.

    You should define static constants for identifiers and reference them when registering nibs.

    Example:

    extension NSUserInterfaceItemIdentifier {
    static let collectionViewItem = NSUserInterfaceItemIdentifier("CollectionViewItem")
}

collectionView.register(item, forItemWithIdentifier: .collectionViewItem)