UICollectionViewCell subclass init never run

Question

I have added a collection view in viewDidLoad like this...

self.collectionView = [[UICollectionView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 10, 10) collectionViewLayout:flowLayout];
self.collectionView.delegate = self;
self.collectionView.dataSource = self;
self.collectionView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[self.collectionView registerClass:[CameraCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:CameraCellReuseIdentifier];
[self.collectionView setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
[self.view addSubview:self.collectionView];

And I have a UICollectionViewCell subclass called CameraCell with an init like this...

- (id)init
{
    self = [super init];
    if (self) {
        // Add customisation here...
        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(imageChanged:) name:@"image" object:nil];

        self.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor yellowColor];

        self.imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
        self.imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
        self.imageView.clipsToBounds = YES;
        [self.imageView setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints:NO];
        [self.contentView addSubview:self.imageView];

        NSDictionary *views = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(_imageView);

        [self.contentView addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"V:|[_imageView]|"
                                                                                 options:0
                                                                                 metrics:nil
                                                                                   views:views]];

        [self.contentView addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"|[_imageView]|"
                                                                                 options:0
                                                                                 metrics:nil
                                                                                   views:views]];
    }
    return self;
}

But when I run the app the collection view is there and I can scroll it but I can't see any cells. I have added a breakpoint in the cell's init and it never gets called. Is there another method I have to override?

EDIT

When I log the cell in cellForItemAtIndexPath...

- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    CameraCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:CameraCellReuseIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];

    NSLog(@"%@", cell);

    return cell;
}

It displays the correct class...

<CameraCell: 0x1f07ba30; baseClass = UICollectionViewCell; frame = (0 20; 320 280); layer = <CALayer: 0x1f07bb40>> 

Answer 1

The method you need to implement is - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)rect