How to load a xib file in a UIView
To get an object from a xib file programatically you can use: [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"MyXibName" owner:self options:nil] which returns an array of the top level objects in the xib.
So, you could do something like this:
UIView *rootView = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"MyRootView" owner:self options:nil] objectAtIndex:0];UIView *containerView = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"MyContainerView" owner:self options:nil] lastObject];[rootView addSubview:containerView];[self.view addSubview:rootView];
I created a sample project on github to load a UIView from a .xib file inside another .xib file. Or you can do it programmatically.
This is good for little widgets you want to reuse on different UIViewController objects.
- New Approach: https://github.com/PaulSolt/CustomUIView
- Original Approach: https://github.com/PaulSolt/CompositeXib
You could try:
UIView *firstViewUIView = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"firstView" owner:self options:nil] firstObject];[self.view.containerView addSubview:firstViewUIView];