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I created a View-Based Application in XCode. On the main view there is a UIButton. Then I created a second view called View2.xib which has the UILabel that says “Second View”.

Now, all I want to do is display the second view when you click on the button. In the view controller class for the first view that contains the button I added.

#import View2ViewController.h

…

View2ViewController *View2;

…

And I added the property for this. This class also has the IBAction for the button click event, which works just fine and executes when clicked. Now, in the .m file I obviously @synthesize View2; and begin to edit the button click method to display the view. Here is the code:

Everything complies, and runs. When I click on the button the application does NOT display the second view. Nothing crashes, but it doesn't display the view. What am I doing wrong. I have everything linked up in Interface Builder. It's quite basic.

Is a “View-Based Application” not the correct type for doing this? Thanks everyone.

I am having the exact same problem, when I create a view based application, the code does not work.  When I create a a navigation based app, everything works fine.  I have looked at the code side by side and I cannot figure what is wrong.  Anyone have the solution?

I am looking for the same answer.  Why is this such a difficult thing to do?  I have two views and cooresponding controllers..and the rootViewController files.

HomePageView.xib, HomePageViewController.h and .m

EssentialsPageView.xib, EssentialsPageViewController.h and .m

I have a button on HomePage and of course the rootViewController class displays this page just fine by enacting the 'viewDidLoad' method….

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    HomePageViewController *viewController = [[HomePageViewController alloc]
                                              initWithNibName:@”HomePageView” bundle:nil];
    self.homeViewController = viewController;
    [viewController release];
    [self.view insertSubview:homeViewController.view atIndex:1];
 }

  I also tested the following code on the file HomePageViewController.m …

-(IBAction) essentialsButton
{
    NSLog(@”essentials button pressed”);
    RootViewController *go = [[RootViewController alloc] init];
    go.loadEssentialsView;
    [go release];
    }

and it fires the following method on the rootViewController.m file…..

-(void) loadEssentialsView
{
        NSLog(@”loadEssentialsView method is firing”);
        EssentialsViewController *thisviewController = [[EssentialsViewController alloc]
                                                initWithNibName:@”EssentialsPageView” bundle:nil];
        self.essentialsViewController = thisviewController;
        [thisviewController release];
        [self.view insertSubview: essentialsViewController.view atIndex:2];
        [self.view exchangeSubviewAtIndex:1 withSubviewAtIndex:2];
 }

Please remember that RootViewController is an subclass of UIViewController, not UINaviagationController.I don't want to use a navigation controller because of the viewing requirements.

I can only think there must be some conflict with the HomeView that is already loaded.  I know I can't use a 'removeFromSuperView' method while the view is being displayed.  Is there a problem with 'insertSubView'???  I am so confused….