Custom UIView loaded from Xib

Question

I have created a custom subclass of UIView along with a xib file and declared IBOutlets and IBActions within the custom class.

@interface ContactUsView : UIV         


        

Answer 1

If you are loading a UIView for an xib then you should create a class method to load the view.

In your customview.h

+(id)customView;

& in your customview.m

+ (id)customView
{
    CustomView *customView = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"CustomView" owner:nil options:nil] lastObject];
    if ([customView isKindOfClass:[CustomView class]])
        return customView;
    else
        return nil;
}

You can initialize it anywhere using:

CustomView *myView = [CustomView customView];

EDIT: Make sure you have changed your customview's class in identity inspecter & also make sure your connection of IBActions are with that class' methods.

Answer 2

You can use delegate for this this is how you can do this

        @protocol CustomViewDelegate <NSObject>
- (void)callButtonPressed:(id)sender;
- (void)emailButtonPressed:(id)sender;
- (void)displayCloseButtonPressed:(id)sender;

@end

@interface ContactUsView : UIView

@property (nonatomic, weak) IBOutlet UIButton *displayCloseButton;

@property (nonatomic, weak) id<CustomViewDelegate> ButtonDelegate;

- (IBAction)callButtonPressed:(id)sender;

- (IBAction)emailButtonPressed:(id)sender;
- (IBAction)displayCloseButtonPressed:(id)sender;


@end

and in .m file

- (IBAction)callButtonPressed:(id)sender
{
[self.ButtonDelegate callButtonPressed:sender];
}

- (IBAction)emailButtonPressed:(id)sender{
[self.ButtonDelegate emailButtonPressed:sender];
}

- (IBAction)displayCloseButtonPressed:(id)sender{
[self.ButtonDelegate displayCloseButtonPressed:sender];
}

After that just set the delegate with viewcontroller refrence and use those delegate here

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated

{

ContactUsView *contactUs = [[ContactUsView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
contactUs.ButtonDelegate = self;

CGPoint origin = self.view.frame.origin;
CGSize size = self.view.frame.size;
[contactUs setFrame:CGRectMake(origin.x,
                          CGRectGetMaxY(self.view.frame) - 100,
                          size.width,
                          contactUs.frame.size.height)];

[self.view addSubview:contactUs];

}

- (void)callButtonPressed:(id)sender

{}

- (void)emailButtonPressed:(id)sender

{}

- (void)displayCloseButtonPressed:(id)sender

{}

I have done this and works totlly fine

Answer 3

• Files owner = to my custom class

Wrong. Files owner should be empty. The view itself is files owner. It means that you should connect all actions and outlets with ContactUsView in your xib.

[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"ContactUsView" owner:self options:nil]

...

self = (ContactUsView *)object;

After you passed self as ownerparameter. You changing it. Which means that previously allocated ContactUsView (self) will be destroyed since -loadNibNamed:owner:options: do not retain it. If you apply my first advice you should send nil as owner parameter

forloop here is not necessary use just array[0], because this is always your view if you have valid views hierarchy in your xib