UICollectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath not registering cell

If you just want to display an image, you don't need to do any subclassing, you can set the cell's backgroundColor with colorWithPatternImage:. Register the class like this:

[self.collectionView registerClass:[UICollectionViewCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"Cell"];

Then use it like so:

- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{    UICollectionViewCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"Cell" forIndexPath:indexPath];    cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[self.results objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];    return cell;}

In this example, results is an array of UIImages.

If you are using xib in applivation then add following in your viewdidLoad method

    [self.myCollectionView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:@"CollectionViewCell" bundle:nil] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"CellIdentifier"];

otherwise If you using storyboard add following

  [self.myCollectionView registerClass:[UICollectionViewCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"CellIdentifier"];

Finally add this (If not)

- (UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{    UICollectionViewCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"CellIdentifier" forIndexPath:indexPath]; return cell;}

Hope above will help.

Try setting a breakpoint on

[self.collectionView registerClass:[ImageCell class] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"MyCell"];

I would guess your loadView (did you mean viewDidLoad?) method is not being called, so the class is never registered with the collectionView.