Correct way to load a Nib for a UIView subclass

Question

I am aware this question has been asked before but the answers are contradicting and I am confused, so please don\'t flame me.

I want to have a reusable UIView

Answer 1

In Swift:

For example, name of your custom class is InfoView

At first, you create files InfoView.xib and InfoView.swiftlike this:

import Foundation
import UIKit

class InfoView: UIView {
    class func instanceFromNib() -> UIView {
    return UINib(nibName: "InfoView", bundle: nil).instantiateWithOwner(nil, options: nil)[0] as! UIView
}

Then set File's Owner to UIViewController like this:

Rename your View to InfoView:

Right-click to File's Owner and connect your view field with your InfoView:

Make sure that class name is InfoView:

And after this you can add the action to button in your custom class without any problem:

And usage of this custom class in your MainViewController:

func someMethod() {
    var v = InfoView.instanceFromNib()
    v.frame = self.view.bounds
    self.view.addSubview(v)
}