awakeFromNib is not called in my ViewController

Question

I have a view controller that is created via initWithNibName, and I just found out awakeFromNib is not called. Is awakeFromNib only called when the view controller is unarchived from the Nib? (that is, initWithCoder is called)

Answer 1

I think what you're looking for is viewDidLoad. awakeFromNib is only called on objects that are loaded from the nib. The controller itself receives viewDidLoad:. Since you're calling initWithNibName:bundle:, it's not actually unarchived from the nib!