initWithNibName

The lifecycle starts with alloc and initialization of course

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibName bundle:(NSBundle *)aBundle;
Can I build a UIViewController ’s   view in code (i.e. w/o a  .xib)?
Yes.
If no  .xib is found using mechanism above,  UIViewController  will call - (void)loadView  on itself.
loadView ’s implementation MUST set the  view property in the  UIViewController .
Don’t implement loadView  AND specify a .xib file (it’s undefined what this would mean). Stanford

This is UIViewController ’s   d e s i g n at e d   i n it i a l i z e r.
The UIViewController  tries to get its  view from the specified .xib file called nibName.
If nibName is  nil , it uses the name of the class as the  nibName ( HappinessViewController.xib).
The bundle allows you to specify one of a number of different  .xib files (localization).
We’ll cover NSBundle  later in the course when we talk about localization.
Passing  nil  for aBundle basically means “look in the Resources folder from Xcode.”
Initializing UIViewController  with  init is very common, it means nibName is  nil  &  aBundle is  ni