Tableview nil, but exist in storyboard

Question

I have view controller that have tableView connected to it. I present controller like that :

(in previous controller):

  func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
        let vc = DetailCharacterViewController()
        let characterModel = (self.viewModel.arrValues[indexPath.row] as! CharacterListItem).correspondingCharacter
        let vm = DetailCharacterViewModel(m: characterModel)
        vc.viewModel = vm
        self.navigationController?.pushViewController(vc, animated: true)
        tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
    }

But when controller appears, it crashes when try to access tableView property, that is actually:

@IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!

In debug i can see that it is nil. Why?

Because `let vc = DetailCharacterViewController()` is not calling the ViewController "in/linked with" the storyboard, it's creating a new one, but not the one in the Storyboard. — Larme, Oct 14 '17 at 11:03
`vc` should be instantiated by its storyboard; check [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/32139127/5501940). — Ahmad F, Oct 14 '17 at 11:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '17 at 13:03

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You can use segue and func prepare to make a transition between viewControllers. Here is Apple documentation Make transition between view controllers

answered Oct 14 '17 at 13:03

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