Get reference of a view in storyboard

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I have created a storyboard that contains a view controller with a view. I'm writing separate code files for the view and the view controller, so I need a way to get a reference to the view in the storyboard file. Any suggestions?

Are you using a .storyboard file? Slightly confusing as to what you've done. — Sam Jarman, Dec 27 '13 at 02:20
possible duplicate of [Storyboard - refer to ViewController in AppDelegate](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8186375/storyboard-refer-to-viewcontroller-in-appdelegate) — Thomas Johannesmeyer, Dec 27 '13 at 02:35

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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Give your view controller in IB an identifier then get it like this

MainViewController *mvc = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"MainController"];

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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answered Dec 27 '13 at 02:23

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 27 '13 at 02:29

There are several ways to just get a reference to the view:

After creating your ViewController class (.h & .m) file, drag a ViewController into the Storyboard and type in this class name as this VC’s class.

You can then add a property in its .h file:

@property (weak) IBOutlet YOURVIEW *view;

Access it like this:

[YOURVIEWCONTROLLERCLASS view]

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Load the ViewController from the nib (Make sure, you’Ve set the identifier in the storyboard):

YOURVIEWCONTROLLERCLASS *vcref = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"YOURVIEWCONTROLLERCLASS”];
[[vcref view] doSomething];

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Use your AppDelegate to refer to its VCs. You shouldn’t really consider this. There aren’t many cases were this is actually useful. Go with 1 or 2.

Get reference of a view in storyboard

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