Question

I started to create a project from the master detail template and realize that my main controller should be a simple mvc. Is there any simple method to do the conversion beside recreate a project from scratch with a mvc template? What should be edited then?

Answer 1

The templates just set up your appDelegate with the proper elements. You could edit your appDelegate quickly, but unless you have a really compelling reason to edit the existing project it would likely be faster to just recreate the project.

With the master-detail template the appDelegate will have these properties (and code in the .m implementing them):

@property (strong, nonatomic) UIWindow *window;

@property (strong, nonatomic) UINavigationController *navigationController;

@property (strong, nonatomic) UISplitViewController *splitViewController;

The standard template will have these (plus the implementation code):

@property (strong, nonatomic) UIWindow *window;

@property (strong, nonatomic) ViewController *viewController;

The implementation file of the appDelegate will also be slightly different due to the NavigationController and SplitViewController in the master-detail. You can just change these files around and update your xib files, but again, it’s probably just as fast to start a new project.