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iOS Build a Self-Destructing Message iPhone App Designing and Starting the App A Storyboard with a Tab Bar Controller

Sara Strickler
Sara Strickler
3,221 Points
Posted by Sara Strickler
Sara Strickler
3,221 Points

Black Screen with Error (Scene is unreachable due to lack of entry points...) instead of expected Tab Bar

I'm trying to get through the first stage of the self destructing messages app. I'm using the new version of xcode which is just different enough from the Storyboards in the video that I'm super frustrated.

I have followed along with Ben, and everything looks a tiny bit different, but appears to be organized the same. However, when I build and run, instead of the tab bar that he gets in the video, I get a blank black screen with an error that reads "Scene is unreachable due to lack of entry points and does not have an identifier for runtime access via - instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier"

Everything that I have found on google is using an older version of Storyboards and xcode, and suggest fixes that aren't available to me in this version, as far as I can see.

Please help!

3 Answers

Sara Strickler
Sara Strickler
3,221 Points
Sara Strickler
Sara Strickler
3,221 Points

Found it - you need to select the Tab Bar Controller, and then under the Attributes inspector make sure that the box next to Is Initial View Controller is checked.

Vincent K
Vincent K
3,356 Points

Awesome Sara, thanks for posting that fix. Working for me now as well.

Seth Miller
Seth Miller
855 Points
Seth Miller
Seth Miller
855 Points

Hi Sara, what template did you start with?

Sara Strickler
Sara Strickler
3,221 Points
Sara Strickler
Sara Strickler
3,221 Points

Hey Seth, I started out with an empty application.

Avi Pogrow
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Avi Pogrow
Courses Plus Student 4,707 Points
Avi Pogrow
Avi Pogrow
Courses Plus Student 4,707 Points

Sara, Thank you for that simple but brilliant answer!

When you start with an empty application it is completely empty. What is the recipe to get it set up? How do you set up targets?