iOS No UIViewController Subclass in XCODE

[Mork]

I'm working though the "Teach yourself ios 5 programming in 24 hours".

In hour 11, when adding a new View Controller class, the author references the "+" button at the bottom left of the XCODE IDE. He then selects IOS in the top left and Cocoa Touch.

Now, on his screenshot there's a UIViewController Subclass icon shown in the right list of icons, but on my xcode (4.3.2), there isn't.

My icon list has these icons:

1. Objective-C class

2. Objective-C category

3. Objective-C class extension

4. Objective-C protocol

5. Objective-C test case

I tried the "Objective C-class extension" -- which looked like the closest to what he had -- and then filled in the name of the class and picked "UIViewController".

I then saved this new view set up in to the main project folder (all I saw get created was a '.h.' file.

However, when I then add a view controller to the form, and go into the identity inspector, I do not see the class name I added in the subclass step above like the author does in his Figure 11-17.

Something is missing here.

Is there a new way to do what's in the "current" book that describes this?

Thanks in advance.

- m

 

[cMacSW]

Select 1. Objective-C class then in one of the next screens is a drop down
to specify the class would would like to subclass

 

[Mork]

Select 1. Objective-C class then in one of the next screens is a drop down
to specify the class would would like to subclass

Yes, that was it.

Thank you very much!

It's amazing how quickly things change from books that have only been out for a few months.

- m

 

[cMacSW]

Happy to help. That was always a source of frustration for me when trying to follow an example.

 

[Mork]

Happy to help. That was always a source of frustration for me when trying to follow an example.

Agreed. Thanks again.

- m

 

[dejo]

It's amazing how quickly things change from books that have only been out for a few months.

Which edition are you using? When was it published? The 3rd edition of that book was published January 9, 2012 and covers Xcode 4.2+.

 

[Mork]

Which edition are you using? When was it published? The 3rd edition of that book was published January 9, 2012 and covers Xcode 4.2+.

The one that came out in 2012 for XCODE 4.2.

ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33576-1
ISBN-10: 0-672-33576-X

I guess something already changed in 4.3 or there's a screenshot error (which I doubt based on the fantastic quality of this book).

- m