custom UIView and loadNibNamed not working

Question

I am trying to create a custom UIView and have it load in a xib file. The custom UIView is called JtView and here is the code:

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    NSLog(@"initWithFrame was called");  // this was called
    if (self) {
        // Initialization code
        [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"MyView" owner:self options:NULL];
        [self addSubview:self.view];
    }
    return self;
}

-(void)awakeFromNib
{
  [super awakeFromNib];
  [self addSubview:self.view];
}

In creating the xib file (File -> New -> File -> User Interface -> View), I deleted out the main Window and dragged a View from Xcode's object pallette. I tried alt-dragging to the header for JtView but this wasn't working. Do I need to create an association here or should I just leave what XCode created in place? (edit - see comments below for further clarification)

I have also added a UILabel to the xib.

However, when I run in simulator and set the background color to red, the label is not showing up. Do I need to create the UILabel as a reference in the custom UIView? Should I be deleting this or leaving it in place?

thx

edit 1 Here's a screenshot of the connections and the header file:

Answer 1

I solve it adding a class method to the UIView:

---

+ (id)customView;

---

+ (id)customView
{
    CustomView *customView = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"CustomView" owner:nil options:nil] lastObject];

    // make sure customView is not nil or the wrong class!
    if ([customView isKindOfClass:[CustomView class]])
        return customView;
    else
        return nil;
}

---

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    CustomView *customView = [CustomView customView];
    //And where you gonna use it add this line:
    //this self.view refers to any view (scrollView, cellView...)
    [self.view addSubview:customView];
}

---

I hope it´s gonna help

Answer 2

Try this:

-(void)awakeFromNib {
    NSArray *obj = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"MyView" owner:self options:nil];
    [self addSubview:obj[0]];
}

Or if you have an @property IBOutlet named "nibview" you could do:

-(void)awakeFromNib {
    [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"MyView" owner:self options:nil];
    [self addSubview:self.nibview];
}