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Joshua Frank
Joshua Frank

Reputation: 13828

Do I need a View or a ViewController?

I'm building a custom view with an xib file that contains various subcontrols. I've got some container control that needs to hold my custom view. I'm kind of unclear on whether I need to make a View that somehow loads itself from the xib file, or a ViewController that does this.

However it's done, I'd like my custom view to be reusable, and something that appears in the toolbox in Xcode, along side buttons and textboxes and such, so I can visually design other views containing my custom view.

What is the right way to do this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 62

Answers (1)

Rad'Val
Rad'Val

Reputation: 9231

Does your component manages other view controllers (like UITabBarViewController does for example)? If yes, make it a subclass of view controller, if not, and it's just a control, like a switch or a fancy button, scroll wheel etc, then make it a subclass of UIView.

Upvotes: 2

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