iOS where is viewController initialized in AppDelegate?

[kingthong]

First off, nice April Fool's prank!

Second, this is a simple question but when i chose New Project -> View Based Application there is a viewController already created for me.

Now in my AppDelegate i have the following code by default:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {    
    
    // Override point for customization after application launch.

    // Add the view controller's view to the window and display.
    [self.window addSubview:viewController.view];
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];

    return YES;
}

My question is where is the viewController being alloc and init'ed?
(Purely for knowledge purposes)

 

[robbieduncan]

I'm pretty sure it's deserialized from the main nib which is declared in the Info.plist file. But I am at work on a PC so can't check right now.

 

[PhoneyDeveloper]

Why don't you add this method to your view controller set a breakpoint in it and then tell us the answer?

-(id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder
{
	if ((self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder]))
	{
	}

	return self;  // set a breakpoint on this line
}

 

[dejo]

My question is where is the viewController being alloc and init'ed?

It's done as part of MainWindow.xib.

 

[kingthong]

Thanks a lot guys.

was very helpful!