Looking to understand the iOS UIViewController lifecycle

Question

Could you explain me the correct manner to manage the UIViewController lifecycle?

In particular, I would like to know how to use Initialize

Answer 1

UPDATE: ViewDidUnload was deprecated in iOS 6, so updated the answer accordingly.

The UIViewController lifecycle is diagrammed here:

The advantage of using Xamarin Native/Mono Touch, is that it uses the native APIs, and so it follows the same ViewController lifecycle as you would find in Apple's Documentation.