Initializing a custom formatter

I would guess you have this object in a nib? If that is the case, I suggest you try putting your default settings in an -awakeFromNib method and see if that works.

The method called after +alloc is usually some method that starts with "init...", but if one of the alternate forms is called, that will replace plain -init. Nib loading calls -initWithCoder: when instantiating objects, so that may be the "init..." form that is getting called.

 

No reason, really, but it should be balanced with the -encodeWithCoder: method so that you can declare the class as conforming with NSCoding protocol. Make sure both methods call super, as in

Code:

-(id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)decoder {
   if ( ( self = [super initWithCoder:decoder] ) ) {
      // do your custom initialization
   }
   return self;
}

Bear in mind that you probably should also include a regular -init method as well if you ever think you might create this object programmatically.