unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional values access tableView Cell

Question

I want to access cell of tableView from outside tableView func, for example in this case I want to access from a IBAction Func, then I have created tableView object and IndexPath object, when I running my project the Xcode shows me this error:

Fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional values

for this line: mytableView!.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath!)

@IBAction func editButtonFunc(sender: AnyObject) {

    mytableView!.cellForRowAtIndexPath(indexPath!)
    let cell =
    mytableView!.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier(
        "mycell", forIndexPath: indexPath!)
        as! profileTableViewCell
    cell.contentOutlet.text = contentItems[indexPath!.row]
    cell.contentOutlet.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.Right
    cell.contentOutlet.font = UIFont(name: "X Yekan", size: 18)

}

You shouldn't dequeue a cell in this method. If cellForRowAtIndexPath returns nil then no cell is currently available for that index path and you should just move on. — Paulw11

liushuaikobe liushuaikobe · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-03T09:18:23

If you just want to get the ref of some cell, perhaps you need:

func getTableViewCell() -> UITableViewCell? {
    guard let tableView = mytableView, index = indexPath 
    else { return nil }

    return tableView.cellForRowAtIndexPath(index)
}

And, If you want to set data for the tableViewCell, you should do this in the UITableViewDataSource methods: cellForRowAtIndexPath.

unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional values access tableView Cell

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