How to set parentViewController in UIViewController?

Question

The parentViewController property of UIViewController is readonly, but I am nesting custom view controllers and would like to use this property.

However, since it is re

Answer 1

I realize this question was asked before iOS 5, but for the reference, you should use addChildViewController when you want to nest UIViewControllers. This will also automatically set the parentViewController property.

- (void)addChildViewController:(UIViewController *)childController NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(5_0);

You can read more about "Creating Custom Content View Controllers" at Apple.