Getting a CollectionView delegate to load properly - delegates

Question

(Let me first put the error up here so that I don't forget it: could not dequeue a view of kind: UICollectionElementKindCell with identifier Cell - must register a nib or a class for the identifier or connect a prototype cell in a storyboard)
I've got a regular UICollectionViewController that loads just fine. But I also have another controller (UserViewController) that loads a CollectionView delegate (UserPlaceViewController).
I get really confused with what I have to load in the delegate and what I have to load in the current controller. But anyway here's the delegate as-is:
#import "UserPlaceViewController.h"
#interface UserPlaceViewController ()
#end
#implementation UserPlaceViewController
#synthesize placeArray, placeTable;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// placeTable.delegate = self;
UICollectionViewFlowLayout* flowLayout = [[UICollectionViewFlowLayout alloc]init];
flowLayout.itemSize = CGSizeMake(145, 150);
[flowLayout setScrollDirection:UICollectionViewScrollDirectionVertical];
placeTable = [[UICollectionView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds collectionViewLayout:flowLayout];
//self.collectionView.frame = CGRectMake(10, 120, self.view.bounds.size.width-20, self.view.bounds.size.height-50);
placeTable.autoresizesSubviews = YES;
placeTable.autoresizingMask = (UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight);
//placeTable.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleSingleLine;
placeTable.scrollEnabled = YES;
self.view = placeTable;
NSLog(#"%lu", (unsigned long)[placeArray count]);
}
That's basically the whole thing. Couple other things at the end... but that's it for the most part.
And here are the relevent parts of the ViewController:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
[self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:YES animated:YES];
UserPlaceViewController *collectionView = [[UserPlaceViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"UserPlace" bundle:nil];
UINib * placeCell = [UINib nibWithNibName:#"Shops" bundle:nil];
[collectionView.placeTable registerNib:placeCell forCellWithReuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
- (void) fetchedData: (NSData *) responseData
{
UserPlaceViewController * uptvLike = [[UserPlaceViewController alloc] init];
if (IS_IPHONE5) {
uptvLike.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 300);
}
else
{
uptvLike.view.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 200);
}
uptvLike.placeTable.delegate = self;
uptvLike.placeTable.dataSource = self;
uptvLike.placeTable.layer.borderWidth = 1.0f;
uptvLike.placeTable.layer.borderColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:5/255.0f green:96/255.0f blue:255/255.0f alpha:1.0f].CGColor;
[uptvLike.placeTable reloadData];
[self.scrollView addSubview:uptvLike.view];
}
And finally:
- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
PlaceCell * cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
Place * p = [placeArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.item];
cell.placeName.text = p.PName;
cell.placeImg.image = [UIImage imageWithData:[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:p.PImage]]];
return cell;
}
Like I said: I know how a UICollectionView is supposed to work. I've got one running. I know you have to register a nib or class in viewDidLoad (I've registered a Nib.) But I'm confused over how exactly to load this delegate and where to load what. For example I see that I'm initialising the collectionview in both the delegate and the view controller. I'm also confused about WHERE exactly I should load the nib... (delegates give me a headache...)
So what the hell... It's raining. I figured I'd ask.

Answer 1

Ok. You want a UICollectionView but you also want to have a lot of regular "View" items on the same screen? Two things are important:
1. You don't need two ViewControllers. You just need to load what would normally be your UICollectionViewController as a regular ViewController:
#interface UserViewController : UIViewController <UICollectionViewDataSource, UIScrollViewDelegate>
2. Once that's done you can load your collectionview on TOP of that view:
UICollectionViewFlowLayout* flowLayout = [[UICollectionViewFlowLayout alloc]init];
flowLayout.itemSize = CGSizeMake(145, 150);
[flowLayout setScrollDirection:UICollectionViewScrollDirectionVertical];
self.collectionView = [[UICollectionView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.frame collectionViewLayout:flowLayout];
[self.scrollView addSubview:self.collectionView];
[self.view addSubview:HUD];
UINib * placeCell = [UINib nibWithNibName:#"UserCell" bundle:nil];
[self.collectionView registerNib:placeCell forCellWithReuseIdentifier:#"Cell"];
The rest is just your standard CollectionView stuff.