How to embed a custom view xib in a storyboard scene?

Question

I\'m relatively new in the XCode/iOS world; I\'ve done some decent sized storyboard based apps, but I didn\'t ever cut me teeth on the whole nib/xib thing. I want to use the sam

Answer 1

The "correct" answer is that you are not meant to make re-usable views with corresponding nibs. If a view subclass is valuable as a reusable object it rarely will need a nib to go with it. Take for example every view subclass provided by UIKit. Part of this thinking is a view subclass that is actually valuable wont be implemented using a nib, which is the general view at Apple.

Usually when you use a view in nib or storyboard you will want to tweak it graphically for the given use case anyway.

You might consider using "copy paste" for recreating same or similar views instead of making separate nibs. I this believe accomplishes the same requirements and it will keep you more or less in line with what Apple is doing.