Programmatically get a Storyboard ID?

Question

Trying to see if a UIViewController or UIView can identify its Storyboard ID. So was hoping for:

UIViewController *aViewController;
NSString *storyboardID =         


        

Answer 1

The most reliable method for returning the "id" of the UIViewController or UIView is...

NSString *viewControllerName = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:viewController.nibName];

This will return... "29w-Ic-LNo-view-FDu-oq-UpZ", where "29w-Ic-LNo" is the Object ID of the UIViewController and "FDu-oq-UpZ" is the Object ID of the UIView.

However, you may also use...

NSString *viewControllerName = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:viewController.title];

This will return the "Title" of the UIViewController in the Attributes Inspector; so just as easily as you added the Storyboard ID to the UIViewController, you may also add a title.