initialize UITableViewController with [super initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped]

Question

As I understand this correctly form the Apple Api, when initializing a UITableViewController with the initWithStyle method, it should return me a reference to an UITableView in

Answer 1

The tableView object is probably created at a later point. Try to override:

-(void)viewDidLoad; 

self.tableView should point to a valid objects at that point.