IBOutlets in Nib are nil on both awakeFromNib and initWithCoder – no subviews

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I have a custom UIView subclass with three subviews added to it via Nib file (a UIImageView, a UIView and a UITextField) and IBOutlets set. But when the awakeFromNib or initWithCoder get called in the subclass then all IBOutlets are nil and even the subviews array is empty.

I'm using Swift and XCode 6 beta 5 where this UIView subclass is in a framework and I added the UIView subclass to a Storyboard within my project so I can use the new Live View technology. But I can't see the added subviews in the Live View either which is very sad.

I couldn't find any way to fix this, here's the code from my UIView subclass:

import UIKit

@IBDesignable public class BlurredSheetEntryView: UIView {

    @IBOutlet var iconImageView: UIImageView?
    @IBOutlet var separatorView: UIView?
    @IBOutlet public var textField: UITextField?

    override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)
    }

    required public init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder!) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)

        for subView in self.subviews {
            println("subView: \(subView)")
        }

        println("self.textField: \(self.textField)")
        println("self.iconImageView: \(self.iconImageView)")
        println("self.separatorView: \(self.separatorView)")
    }

    override public func awakeFromNib() {

        for subView in self.subviews {
            println("subView: \(subView)")
        }

        println("self.textField: \(self.textField)")
        println("self.iconImageView: \(self.iconImageView)")
        println("self.separatorView: \(self.separatorView)")

    }
}

And my Nib file looks like this:

UPDATE: I've created an absolutely simple example project where I only did the following:

choose Master-View template for iOS
add new Framework called "MyCustomTableViewCell" with Xib file
add a UIView with blue background color as a subview in Xib file
add @IBOutlet and connection in the Swift file
add a println() statement within awakeFromNib() in Swift file
set the class of Cells in the Master tableView to the subclass from the framework

When I build & run and click the "+"-Sign on the top right corner, I get "nil" printed out on the console as a result for the @IBOutlet. This is my issue and what annoys me. But maybe I'm doing something wrong here ...

I've uploaded the example project, here's the download url: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vcb0sa98tw6i1iv/NilObjectsFromXib.zip?dl=0

I'm using a framework because I have to as I want to see my subclass as a Live View in my Main storyboard.

Thanks for any help in advance! :)

IBOutlets in Nib are nil on both awakeFromNib and initWithCoder – no subviews

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