Objective C: My custom -init method not getting called

Question

I have a class that I\'m deriving from UIView, and I wanted to create a -init class for it like so:

- (id) init
{
    if (self = [super init]) {
        // m         


        

Answer 1

There are two designated initializers for UIViewController and UIView they are initWithCoder called from nib, and initWithFrame called from code. Init is not the designated initializer for those objects.

If you want to cover both bases you can do something like this:

-(void)initializationCodeMethod{
    <#Initialization Code Here#>
}
-(id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame{
    if ((self = [super initWithFrame:frame])){
        [self initializationCodeMethod];
    }
    return self;
}
-(id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder{
    if ((self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder])){
        [self initializationCodeMethod];
    }
    return self;
}