Question

I am trying to open a ViewController from within another ViewController if certain conditions are met. The code seems to run without error but the view is never shown. I am new to xcode 4 /ios 5 so I must be missing something.

Here is the code responsible for opening the second viewcontroller:

CreateUserViewController *createUserController = [[CreateUserViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"CreateUserView" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle] keyWrapper:keyChainWrapper];

    [self presentViewController:createUserController animated:YES completion:nil];

In my project I have a xib called, “CreateUserView”. I have added a view controller to this xib and assigned it to, “CreateUserViewController”.

Also I noticed in the apple documentation that is shows setting the delegate of the viewcontroller to be presented. But it seems that no property called, “delegate” is on the viewcontroller object. Is this documentation old? This is the document I am trying to use (section 9-1):

View Controller Programming

Can someone give me a hint? Thanks..

edit Adding Custom Constructor

    -(id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil keyWrapper:(KeychainItemWrapper *)keyWrapper
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if(self){
        [self setKeyChainWrapper:keyWrapper];
    } 
             return self;
}

Answer 1

In iOS5 the method for pushing new view controllers was really changed around quite a bit from iOS4 and Xcode 3. In summary, storyboards are now used to create your application view controller flow. Even though you may use standalone .xib files to build an application it is much less common in iOS5.

Anyway, the main method for pushing new view controllers onto the screen is done using segues. Check out this tutorial for an introduction: http://www.raywenderlich.com/5138/beginning-storyboards-in-ios-5-part-1

It does a good job on explaining how to create a storyboard and use segues. You can still present view controllers in code “the old way” but it is much much less common now with the introduction of these new technologies. There are also some absolutely awesome tutorials on iTunes U – search for CS193P. It’s the Stanford Introductory class to Objective-C and programming for iOS. This should get you started and maybe help you think of a way to push your createUserController in a way more up to speed with iOS5.

UPDATE

I just wanted to add. If you configure your program to use storyboards and segues you can use the method performSegueWithIdentifier:sender: to perform the segue to your createUserController view if the proper conditions are met. See the Apple API for UIViewController for information on how to use this method.