Question

I hope this is a simple question. I need to intercept didAddSubview, but will I need to subclass the UIView in order to override that method?

The UIView that I want to override is the UIViewController‘s view property, so I just want to know how to go about working with this.

Thanks!

Answer 1

From Apple UIView documentation (see Methods to Override):

When subclassing UIView, there are only a handful of methods you
should override and many methods that you might override depending on
your needs. Because UIView is a highly configurable class, there are
also many ways to implement sophisticated view behaviors without
overriding custom methods, which are discussed in the Alternatives to
Subclassing section. In the meantime, the following list includes
the methods you might consider overriding in your UIView subclasses:

• …
• didAddSubview:, willRemoveSubview: – Implement these methods as needed to track the additions and removals of subviews.
• …

So, create your UIView subclass and override the method. Then, say to your UIViewController that its view will be the one you have subclassed. To achieve this there are a couple of ways:

• by Xib
• implementing loadView method and set the view property to be your custom view
• redifining the view property in viewDidLoad

Hope that helps.