how can i get NibName of viewcontroller while not using storyboard

Question

I'm trying to implement a page menu in my app using the pod from this pre-built page menu pod from github

In the instructions, it says:

var controller : UIViewController = UIViewController(nibName:"controllerNibName", bundle: nil)
controller.title = "SAMPLE TITLE"
controllerArray.append(controller)

things are all set up but i need only "controllerNibName". I am not using storyboard. And haven't made any xib file yet with viewController. so how can i get the NibName of viewController.

Its a xib file name, where you have done all the UI related to that UIViewController — Subramanian P, Jun 27 '17 at 07:49
is that necessary to create a xib file with viewController @subramaniam — Prateek Regar, Jun 27 '17 at 08:25
Not necessary, if you are not creating the UI by using xib then not required — Subramanian P, Jun 27 '17 at 08:58
Check my answer. `let pageOne = PageOne()` even you have xib it will pick, if not then it will create new one which is not referred to any xib — Subramanian P, Jun 27 '17 at 09:04
actually I'm new to programming and swift both. i always used to create UI in viewDidLoad programmatically. @subramanian — Prateek Regar, Jun 27 '17 at 09:39

Subramanian P · Answer 1 · 2017-06-27T08:06:00.340

controllerNibName string is a file name of your XIB. Where you have done all the UI which is related with your UIViewController.

If your viewController class name and xib file names are same then you can directly allocate the UIViewController. It will pick the xib automatically.

Assume UIViewController name is PageOne & xib name also should be PageOne.xib

let pageOne = PageOne()

if your xib name is different from your view controller name

For Example : Page1.xib

let pageOne = PageOne(nibName:"Page1", bundle: nil)

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '17 at 07:55

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There is a nice way to get a name of nib (if nib name is equal to controller name i.e. MyViewController.xib and MyViewController):

let controllerName = String(describing: MyViewController.self)
var controller : MyViewController = MyViewController(nibName:controllerName, bundle: nil)

answered Jun 27 '17 at 07:55

Eridana

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thanks @eridana it works pretty well. but can you give me a way to do it without creating xib files just because i have made all UI programmatically. – Prateek Regar Jun 27 '17 at 09:14
@PrateekRegar I've found this question, maybe this is what you need: https://stackoverflow.com/q/37526411/2908082 – Eridana Jun 27 '17 at 09:18

how can i get NibName of viewcontroller while not using storyboard

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