Storyboard static cells: dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier returns nil

Using storyboard, static cells, in cellForRowAtIndexPath: the line UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier]; always returns nil. I have checked the following: Identifier of the cell is correctly set in IB/Storyboard and I use the same identifier in code. I verified this many times. I have not instantiated the view controller elsewhere (which was the prob

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"so you would never dequeue the cells." "have an outlet to the specific cell and customise it directly. "