xcode interface builder : nib is not being displayed while placing inside other nib

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enter image description hereI have developed a custom UIView with nib file such that I can reuse it whenever needed. Now the thing is I have a nib of a UIViewController and I am drag and drop a Dummy UIView inside it and changing the Class Name to custom view's class name. This works fine when I run my application. I can see the Custom View in my screen on runtime. But I can not see it in Interface builder. So, my question is, is it possible to see the custom view's layout in view controller's nib through interface builder?

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Your question isn't clear, please add screenshots. – gran33
Unfortunately, Xcode doesn't provide such feature yet (at least not without 3rd party plugins which you can look for). Fortunately, it makes nibs processing much faster (performance-wise). – A-Live

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You can't load a nib from inside another nib.

You could get around this by leaving the view in your view controller's nib as a placeholder, then loading the custom view's nib in viewDidLoad:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    UINib *customViewNib = [UINib nibWithNibName:@"CustomView" bundle:nil];
    CustomView *customView = [[customViewNib instantiateWithOwner:self options:nil] objectAtIndex:0]

    customView.frame = self.placeholderView.bounds;
    [self.placeholderView addSubView:customView];
}