awakefromnib

I want to know the key difference between awakeFromNib() and viewDidLoad() to get more clarity on how it works . Please can anybody explain? From Apple documentation: awakeFromNib : The nib-loading infrastructure sends an awakeFromNib message to each object recreated from a nib archive, but only after all the objects in the archive have been loaded and initialized. When an object receives an awakeFromNib message, it is guaranteed to have all its outlet and action connections already established. See: Nib Files in Resource Programming Guide viewDidLoad : This method is called after the view

It is my understanding that awakeFromNib will always be called before viewDidLoad. So I have a subclass of a UITableViewController, which is unarchived from a xib file. I defined these two methods inside: - (void)awakeFromNib { [super awakeFromNib]; NSLog(@"awake from nib"); } - (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; NSLog(@"view did load"); } what happens is that "view did load" shows up before "awake from nib" in the console. I tried to use a breakpoint at [super awakeFromNib], and repeatedly hit F7 (Step Into), and to my surprise, it stepped into -(void)viewDidLoad BEFORE going to the

Does awakeFromNib get called right after viewController is allocated and initialized? At what precise point does the awakeFromNib of a view controller get called? From my debugging session, I see that awakeFromNib for the rootViewController doesn't get called until [self.window makeKeyAndVisible] is executed. awakeFromNib gets called after the view and its subviews were allocated and initialized. It is guaranteed that the view will have all its outlet instance variables set. EDIT: A detailed recount of events: During the instantiation process, each object in the archive is unarchived and then