error Storyboard doesn't contain a view controller with identifier

Question

I'm getting the error :

Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: 'Storyboard () doesn't contain a view controller with identifier 'SBMenu''

On my AppDelegate, I check if the user is connected and launch :

• a view controller with storyboard id 'SBLogin' if the user isn't already connected
• or a split view controller with storyboard id 'SBMenu' if the user is already connected

I use xcode 6.1.1, sdk 8.1, deployment target 7.0
On emulator iOS 8.1, all is fine and I'm not getting the error.
On emulator iOS 7.0.3 or 7.1, I'm getting the error

the code :

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {

//...

if(self.token != nil){
    //crash
    self.viewController = (UIViewController *)[mainSB instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"SBMenu"];
}else{
    //don't crash
    self.viewController = (UIViewController *)[mainSB instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"SBLogin"];
}

self.window = [[UIWindow alloc]initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen]bounds]];
[self.window setRootViewController:self.viewController];
[self.window setBackgroundColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];

return YES;
}

I already checked tips found on other post :

• only one story board
• only 'base' in localization
• storyboard ID correctly set
• test delete app from simulator before build
• clean project

Answer 1

I faced the same problem but with a UISplitViewController, after hours of search, I discovered that disabling the size classes, would solve this problem.

Answer 2

This will only work if you are using Storyboard(s).

What you need to do is go into your storyboard, and find the view controller that is your "SBMenu" class.

Open the side panel, and find this:

Look for the box that says Storyboard ID. Make sure that your SBMenu class has SBMenu inside that box, and also check for your SBLogin class as well.

I hope that helps!