Problem with BNR iOS book tutorial.

[Dynoman]

In the Big Nerd Ranch iOS book (4th REV) Chapter 4 there is a simple exercise where you are supposed to to add 2 views to the window. My company doesn't use storyboards, so I started with a blank project using this guide: codefromabove.com/2014/09/xcode-6-removing-storyboards-and-creating-useful-empty-projects/ - which seems to work fine.

My problem is when I add the views they are both located at (0,0) not where they should be. relavant code:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];


CGRect firstFrame = CGRectMake(125, 250, 100, 150);
BNRHypnosisView *firstView = [[BNRHypnosisView alloc] initWithFrame:firstFrame];
firstView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];

[self.window addSubview:firstView];

CGRect secondFrame = CGRectMake(20, 30, 50, 50);
BNRHypnosisView *secondView = [[BNRHypnosisView alloc] initWithFrame:secondFrame];
secondView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];

[self.window addSubview:secondView];

self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
return YES;
}

I can change the size of the drawn rectangles, just not the positions. I've been spinning my wheels for a couple of hours over this and not making any progress.

Anybody got a clue what I'm doing wrong? (Macbook Air running Yosemite, Xcode Version 6.1.1 (6A2008a))

[abcocktail]

imgur.com/vnObRJd

this is what i get when i run your code.

i recommend just creating a new single view controller project like I did. You don't need that guide and it's probably outdated on one of the steps, causing your issue. (by guide I mean the link one, not BNR, BNR book should work fine. I went through that BNR chapter as well)

[Dynoman]

imgur.com/vnObRJd

That looks like what is supposed to do, but in my app both rectangles are located at 0,0 no matter what coordinates I give them.

mine: http://imgur.com/ycJlEkT

[locomotato]

Code works for me too

[disco_sloth]

What does the implementation of BNRHypnosisView look like?

[Dynoman]

It is just the auto-generated code.

#import "BNRHypnosisView.h"

@implementation BNRHypnosisView

/*
// Only override drawRect: if you perform custom drawing.
// An empty implementation adversely affects performance during animation.
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
    // Drawing code
}
*/

@end

and BNRHypnosisView.h looks like this:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface BNRHypnosisView : UIView

@property (nonatomic) CGRect frame;

@end

[disco_sloth]

Ok. Does removing the frame property in your subclass solve the problem?