iOS Load UIView from NIB/XIB?

[Xino]

I'm trying to load an UIView from a NIB/XIB file.

The file is called 'Views.xib' and only contains a UIView (I didn't give it class name or something).

In the UIViewController class called 'viewController.m' I use the following code to bind the view of the UIViewController to the UIView within the XIB file.

NSArray* nibViews =  [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"Views" owner:self options:nil];
infoView = [nibViews objectAtIndex:0];
[self.view addSubview:infoView];

The application compiles without errors and/or warnings but the screen stays black... what am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your help

 

[jnic]

loadNibNamed returns a boolean, not an array. Also AFAIK it only takes one argument. Clean and see what warnings you get.

 

[dejo]

No, according to the Developer Documentation, NSBundle's "loadNibNamed: owner: options:" does return an array.

Return Value
An array containing the top-level objects in the nib file. The array does not contain references to the File’s Owner or any proxy objects; it contains only those objects that were instantiated when the nib file was unarchived. You should retain either the returned array or the objects it contains manually to prevent the nib file objects from being released prematurely.

 

[jeremy.king]

is a setNeedsDisplay: call needed?

Also, you verified your view is at index 0?

 

[PhoneyDeveloper]

The contents of the top level objects array isn't documented to be in any order. You should use an IBOutlet to get the reference to the view in the nib.

Use the code from this thread:

https://devforums.apple.com/message/12064

 

[jeremy.king]

FWIW, I tried this last night. It worked fine. I created a view nib with a label in it...

Where exactly did you place the above code? Are you sure its getting called? In my test, I simply put some code in the application delegate applicationDidFinishLaunching: method.

Seems an outlet is a better idea