I don't think so but you could always associate a custom Class with each of the UIViews to tuck most of the UIView specific code away from the view controller's code.
Google Voice: (508) 656-0622 Twitter: eric_dolecki XBoxLive: edolecki PSN: eric_dolecki http://blog.ericd.net On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Nathan Sims <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu > wrote: > Okay, but won't that make for one mega-complex view controller? > > On May 18, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Luke the Hiesterman wrote: > > > The IB concerns aside, attempting to build your own "more than one view > controller on the screen" solution is currently fraught with peril, and > something you'll probably get wrong. The window expects to have a single > rootViewController to handle rotations and such. You're probably better off > having a single view controller and each of your quad views should just be > regular UIViews managed by the one view controller. And, if you did that, > all your views would naturally be built in the one nib that defines your > view controller :) > > > > Luke > > > > On May 18, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Nathan Sims wrote: > > > >> I'm writing an iPad app that has its main screen subdivided into 4 equal > regions, each with a UIView, all defined in one IB nib. I have a dedicated > view controller class for each view. When I instantiate the view controller > class for each quadrant's view with -initWithNibName:bundle:, I have to > specify the same nib name for each: > >> > >> quad1VC = [[Quad1ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"QuadViewiPad" > bundle:nil]; > >> quad2VC = [[Quad2ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"QuadViewiPad" > bundle:nil]; > >> quad3VC = [[Quad3ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"QuadViewiPad" > bundle:nil]; > >> quad4VC = [[Quad4ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"QuadViewiPad" > bundle:nil]; > >> > >> Will this properly connect each quadrant's view with the corresponding > view controller, or should I have just one view controller for all 4 views? > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > >> > >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > >> > >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/luketheh%40apple.com > >> > >> This email sent to luket...@apple.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/edolecki%40gmail.com > > This email sent to edole...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com