Either AppDelgate is called or ViewController is

Question

I am wanting both my AppDelegate and my ViewController to be called on startup (as expected).

When only the ViewController is called:

main.c

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
    return NSApplicationMain(argc, argv);
}

When the AppDelegate is called and the view controller is not.

main.c

#import "AppDelegate.h"

int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
    NSArray *tl;
    NSApplication *application = [NSApplication sharedApplication];
    [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"ViewController" owner:application topLevelObjects:&tl];
    
    AppDelegate *applicationDelegate = [[AppDelegate alloc] init];      // Instantiate App  delegate
    [application setDelegate:applicationDelegate];                      // Assign delegate to the NSApplication
    [application run];                                                  // Call the Apps Run method
    
    return 0;       // App Never gets here.
}

I think my problem is that with the second attempt of the main.c is that...

NSApplication *application = [NSApplication sharedApplication];
        [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"ViewController" owner:application topLevelObjects:&tl];

is not working as expected. Where do I actually set the 'Nib' in the IB?

What is wrong?

Picker

Please read an introduction to Cocoa programming. – Haakon

app will only get to return point only if you call terminate on default runloop (which you have triggered on previous line). Default app runloop is like a while (true) {shouldIDoSomething}. And give a brief look github.com/drichardson/examples/blob/master/NiblessCocoaApp/… You will have idea how to do it correctly. – Headboard

Answer 1

You've got this kind of confused.... you should look more closely at my other answer over here: Other Answer

Your first main.c example is completely wrong. Your second main.c, which is closer to the example I gave is better, but you're calling viewController where you should be referencing the MainMenu nib, as in my example.

This line is wrong:

 [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"ViewController" owner:application topLevelObjects:&tl];

put the NIB name there... that's why the method argument is called "loadNibNamed" :)- and get rid of @"ViewController".

Now if you are trying to call a full blown nib, then you don't really need my example. That was designed for people who are really trying to be almost completely programmatic.

Oft