How to add a subview that has its own UIViewController in Objective-C?

Question

I am struggling with subviews that have their own UIViewControllers. I have a UIViewController with a view (light pink) and two buttons on a

Answer 1

I see two problems. First, since you're making the controllers in the storyboard, you should be instantiating them with instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:, not initWithNibName:bundle:. Second, when you add the view as a subview, you should give it a frame. So,

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    self.aboutVC = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"aboutVC"]; // make sure you give the controller this same identifier in the storyboard
    [self addChildViewController:self.aboutVC];
    [self.aboutVC didMoveToParentViewController:self];
    self.aboutVC.view.frame = self.utilityView.bounds;
    [self.utilityView addSubview:self.aboutVC.aboutView];
}