ViewController init?

Question

I have just noticed that my ViewController does not call init (See below) when it starts up.

-(id)init {
    self = [super init];
    if(self) {
        NSLog(@"_init: %@", [self class]);
        otherStuff...
    }
    return self;
}

Is there a reason for this, or is it replaced by viewDidLoad

-(void)viewDidLoad {
    otherStuff ..
    [super viewDidLoad];
}

cheers gary

Answer 1

It's not replaced by viewDidLoad. It's just that init's not called by initWithNibName:bundle:.

I just write my setup code in viewDidLoad.

Answer 2

If your view controller is being initialized from a storyboard, then you can use:

- (instancetype)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder
{
    self = [super initWithCoder:coder];
    if (self) {
        // do init here
    }
    return self;
}