How do I fix the illegal configuration?

Question

I have a .xib file and I want that to be a table view controller, but when I create a table view controller in the .xib file I get the error:

Table views with embedded sections and cells are only supported in storyboard documents.

How do I fix this?

Below is my code for the actual table view:

self.add = [Play(name: title!), Play(name: artist!), Play(name: album!)]

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
    return self.add.count
    //return count of objects in array
}

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cell = self.tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("Cell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! UITableViewCell
    var play: Play

    play = add[indexPath.row]

    cell.textLabel?.text = play.name
    return cell
}

Answer 1

Xibs are sort of out dated, and when they were invented, didn't have prototype cells that you could make in the Interface Builder.

When storyboards were introduced this functionality was made as well, except not back ported to the xib editor, so you can't use prototype cells in a xib unfortunately, you will need to make separate xibs for the cells layout.