so I am building a simple chat app. I will have a login screen, register and later on a UITableViewController so show the friend list. I'm not sure if I should use a UINavigationController for this or just stick to UIViewControllers. Below are two images for the potential setups.:
and:
I'm just wondering is it generally better practice to use a navigation controller? I am also a little confused about what happens to a view controller when it is popped. Does [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES]; keep the view controller in the memory to be accessed again later or is a new one created each time? The same question for [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil], is this destroying the controller or storing it for use later? Thanks
dealloc
method of the view controller and put anNSLog(@"destroyed");
in it. – user3386109