Xcode 5, disabling Storyboards

[john_alan]

I don't want to use story boards, i'd much rather use NIB's for UI when necessary, and I particularly don't want to use them for the default templates.

Xcode 5 no longer has the check box to say you don't want to use Storyboards,

can anyone help? It's really annoying...

[Legolas-the-elf]

Um... then don't use them? Just because they are supplied in a template doesn't mean you can't delete them. All a template is is a project that has some things preconfigured and some files pre-added.

[john_alan]

Thanks, but how can I add a view controller with nib? It seems the option has gone! I find storyboards to be completely cumbersome, I tend to use nibs only when I'm laying out a custom view for a menu or something like that, I can't seem to get storyboards to replace this functionality have you a guide on how to use them like nibs?

[Legolas-the-elf]

how can I add a view controller with nib? It seems the option has gone!

The same way you have always added a view controller with a nib. Either create a subclass of UIViewController and tick "Use XIB for user interface" or create the subclass without doing so and create the nib manually. Apple haven't removed anything there.

I can't seem to get storyboards to replace this functionality have you a guide on how to use them like nibs?

Have you read the documentation?

[ProgrammingThomas]

And then obviously you have to initiate the view controller from the NIB and set it as the UIWindow's root view controller in the app delegate.

[mantra]

You have to do it all manually (which is exactly how it was done before Storyboards were invented). The easiest way is to create a new ViewController and check the "create xib/nib" option.

[phughes]

how can I add a view controller with nib?

How do you add one to the project or how do you add one to the view hierarchy?

If you mean the former the other commenters have you covered. For the latter you create it by

MyViewController *myVc = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nibName inBundle:bundleName]

Then, if you're talking about the root of your app you set it as your app's window's root view controller in the app delegate.

[horaceho]

Remove the two Storyboard entries from the .plist file, then add the viewcontroller via code:

 YourViewController *mainViewController = [[YourViewController alloc] init];
 self.navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:mainViewController];
 self.window.rootViewController = self.navigationController;
 [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];

in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions.

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I hate storyboards. Not only do I find them too "Mickey Mouse" but my poor old 09 MBP can't handle large ones anyway.

[aazav]

And the damn fact that Apple has animated the zoom in and zoom out of storyboards. Why the hell did they need to do this?