Question

I want to implement a custom initialization method for my UIViewController subclass to “replace” the initWithNibName method.

This is the code:

- (id) initWithMessage:(NSString *)message {
    if ((self = [super initWithNibName:@"ToolTip" bundle:nil])) {
        label.text = message;
    }

    return self;
}

The label is loaded from xib but at this point the reference to the label is nil (probably because the xib is not loaded yet?). Does anyone know a solution for that? Thanks

Answer 1

I know this is an old question, but the correct answer is to use the viewDidLoad method to do any additional setup after the view has loaded. The view is not loaded until it’s needed, and may be unloaded when a memory warning is received. For that reason, a view controller’s view should not be touched in an init method.