Question

If I do an interface in IB must I always need a base UIViewController or can I just skip straight to a UIView ?

As of now I’m doing all my design in obj-c which makes for a bit more busy work.

If I have to use a UIViewController is there anyway to suck the UIView out of it if that’s all I want?

I just want to be able to pull out static layouts from XIB instead of putting them together in obj-c.

Any suggestions are appreciated!

Answer 1

UIViewController has that handy initWithNib: bundle: method that makes everything so easy, but there are also ways to get objects from xibs via:

NSArray *nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"WhateverItsNamed" owner:self options:nil];

(and the nib array here contains objects which correspond to whatever objects are stored in the XIB file).