I accidentally deleted the XIB file - how do I fix this?

Question

I made a mistake and deleted the XIB by accident. The application still works, but I can't see or edit the XIB file. How do I recreate or find the XIB?

Answer 1

Use source code version control (SVN or GIT) next time, and put the xibs under version control. Periodic backups (such as Time Machine) might also be helpful.

Answer 2

I sounds like the compiled xib (= the nib file) is still around in your build folder, if you clean your project that'll be gone too.

Unless you have a backup (always make backups!) there's not much you can do at this point. You could try and search for the nib, then try to decompile it (I've never done that, I don't know how good the result would be), but that's probably going to be more work than just starting from scratch.