Custom UITableViewController inside Container View: NSInternalInconsistencyException

Question

I am trying to insert a custom UITableViewController inside a Container View . The Container View is placed inside a cell of a static UITableView as shown in the figure below.

I simply want a method to combine static with dynamic cells in the same screen.

In the Identity Inspector when the field Class is empty (ie a standard UITableViewController) it works showing an empty dynamic table inside the cell. But when I put my custom class name (that extends UITableViewController) in that field I get a NSInternalInconsistencyException :

[UITableViewController loadView] loaded the "Enx-aT-Rum-view-zY2-9U-Z6d" nib but didn't get a UITableView.

These are the contents of MyCustomUITableViewController:

@implementation MyCustomUITableViewController

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
        // Custom initialization
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    // Uncomment the following line to preserve selection between presentations.
    // self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = NO;

    // Uncomment the following line to display an Edit button in the navigation bar for this view controller.
    // self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

#pragma mark - Table view data source

- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
    // Return the number of sections.
    return 1;
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return 2;
}
@end

I have to admit that I still don't understand all the logic behind Container View, but I just want to show only one view inside (not doing any swapping or else).

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Answer 1

After banging my head on the desk for so many hours I managed to resolve this. I had to alloc/init the tableview of MyCustomUITableViewController. I override the loadView method of MyCustomUITableViewController:

- (void) loadView{
    self.tableView = [[UITableView alloc]init];
}

And it is good to go!