I've been looking at the sample code and sometimes Apple names xib files ClassNameView
and sometimes ClassNameViewController
. The ClassName
is always a UIViewController
or UITableViewController
, which had me wonder what convention to use when naming a xib. I would think View as it's not really the ViewController
, but curious on what the convention is or at least what your naming conventions are for xibs.
CocoaTouch supports both conventions, with a preference for the shorter form ClassNameView, as per the nib loading process described below when a nib name is not specified (from the UIViewController documentation, under nibName):
Specifically, it looks (in order) for a nib file with one of the following names:
If the view controller class name ends with the word “Controller”, as in MyViewController, it looks for a nib file whose name matches the class name without the word “Controller”, as in MyView.nib.
It looks for a nib file whose name matches the name of the view controller class. For example, if the class name is MyViewController, it looks for a MyViewController.nib file.
So as other have said, it's a matter of preference! I personally like the shorter version but can see the logic in both.
I use ClassNameView since the xib represents the view, not the view controller. I don't think there is a generally accepted convention.
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