iOS Clone/Copy an UI object

[mpramodjain]

Can it be possible to clone/copy an UIView object, without using Archivers.

for a scenario, I have the same kind of view that needs to be shown on the different controllers. So, what I thought was if there is any other way to clone it before initializing then, it would be better to play without creating alloc for each UIView of same replicaa.

 

[jiminaus]

You could put the UIView into its own .xib, preload the .xib using UINib's nibWithNibName:bundle: and then call instantiateWithOwner:options: as necessary. Would that work for you?

 

[mpramodjain]

You could put the UIView into its own .xib, preload the .xib using UINib's nibWithNibName:bundle: and then call instantiateWithOwner:options: as necessary. Would that work for you?

Jimi,,, thanks for your quick reply..

Am not using IB.. through programmatically, am creating a UIView and want to use it..

 

[jiminaus]

Am not using IB..

UIView doesn't conform to the NSCopying protocol to the copy method inherited from NSObject isn't going to be functional AFAIK.

It does implement UICoding, so I think using archivers might be the only way.

However, could you archive once and unarchive multiple times?

 

[PhoneyDeveloper]

Look up NSCopying and copyWithZone. If you implement these for your UIView subclass then that should work. Alternatively you can implement a simple utility method that returns a copy of your UIView subclass. It will copy those properties that you think are important. The code would be about the same as an implementation of copyWithZone.