How to initialize instantiate a custom UIView class with a XIB file in Swift

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I have a class called MyClass which is a subclass of UIView  that I want to initialize with a XIB file  I am not sure how to initialize this class with the xib file called View xib   class MyClass  UIView           what should I do here         init coder aDecoder  NSCoder

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Below code will do the job if anyone wants to load a custom View with XIB Programmatically  let customView   UINib nibName  quot CustomView quot  bundle  main  instantiate withOwner  nil  options  nil  first as  UIView customView frame   self view bounds self view addSubview customView

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And this is the answer of Frederik on Swift 3 0      Usage   - make your CustomeView class and inherit from this one  - in your Xib file make the file owner is your CustomeView class  -  Important  the root view in your Xib file must be of type UIView  - link all outlets to the file owner      IBDesignable class NibLoadingView  UIView         IBOutlet weak var view  UIView       override init frame  CGRect            super init frame  frame          nibSetup              required init  coder aDecoder  NSCoder            super init coder  aDecoder          nibSetup              private func nibSetup             backgroundColor    clear          view   loadViewFromNib           view frame   bounds         view autoresizingMask     flexibleWidth   flexibleHeight          view translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints   true          addSubview view             private func loadViewFromNib   - gt  UIView           let bundle   Bundle for  type of  self           let nib   UINib nibName  String describing  type of  self    bundle  bundle          let nibView   nib instantiate withOwner  self  options  nil  first as  UIView          return nibView

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Sam s solution is already great  despite it doesn t take different bundles into account  NSBundle forClass comes to the rescue  and requires manual loading  a k a typing code   If you want full support for your Xib Outlets  different Bundles  use in frameworks   and get a nice preview in Storyboard try this      NibLoadingView swift import UIKit     Usage   - Subclass your UIView from NibLoadView to automatically load an Xib with the same name as your class - Set the class name to File s Owner in the Xib file      IBDesignable class NibLoadingView  UIView         IBOutlet weak var view  UIView       override init frame  CGRect            super init frame  frame          nibSetup              required init  coder aDecoder  NSCoder            super init coder  aDecoder          nibSetup              private func nibSetup             backgroundColor    clearColor            view   loadViewFromNib           view frame   bounds         view autoresizingMask     FlexibleWidth   FlexibleHeight          view translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints   true          addSubview view             private func loadViewFromNib   - gt  UIView           let bundle   NSBundle forClass  self dynamicType          let nib   UINib nibName  String self dynamicType   bundle  bundle          let nibView   nib instantiateWithOwner self  options  nil  first as  UIView          return nibView            Use your xib as usual  i e  connect Outlets to File Owner and set File Owner class to your own class   Usage  Just subclass your own View class from NibLoadingView  amp  Set the class name to File s Owner in the Xib file  No additional code required anymore   Credits where credit s due  Forked this with minor changes from DenHeadless on GH  My Gist  https   gist github com winkelsdorf 16c481f274134718946328b6e2c9a4d8

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Universal way of loading view from xib   Example   let myView   Bundle loadView fromNib   MyView   withType  MyView self    Implementation   extension Bundle        static func loadView lt T gt  fromNib name  String  withType type  T Type  - gt  T           if let view   Bundle main loadNibNamed name  owner  nil  options  nil   first as  T               return view                    fatalError  Could not load view with type     String describing  type

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override func draw   rect  CGRect         AlertView layer cornerRadius   4     AlertView clipsToBounds   true      btnOk layer cornerRadius   4     btnOk clipsToBounds   true       class func instanceFromNib   - gt  LAAlertView       return UINib nibName   LAAlertView   bundle  nil  instantiate withOwner  nil  options  nil  0  as  LAAlertView     IBAction func okBtnDidClicked   sender  Any         removeAlertViewFromWindow        UIView animate withDuration  0 4  delay  0 0  options   allowAnimatedContent  animations      - gt  Void in         self AlertView transform   CGAffineTransform scaleX  0 1  y  0 1          completion    finished  Bool  - gt  Void in         self AlertView transform   CGAffineTransform identity         self AlertView transform   CGAffineTransform scaleX  0 0  y  0 0          self AlertView isHidden   true         self AlertView alpha   0 0          self alpha   0 5            func removeAlertViewFromWindow         for subview  in  appDel window  subviews             if subview tag    500500              subview removeFromSuperview                       public func openAlertView title String   string   String         lblTital text    title     txtView text    string      self frame   CGRect x  0  y  0  width  screenWidth  height  screenHeight      appDel window  addSubview self        AlertView alpha   1 0     AlertView isHidden   false      UIView animate withDuration  0 2  animations      - gt  Void in         self alpha   1 0            AlertView transform   CGAffineTransform scaleX  0 0  y  0 0       UIView animate withDuration  0 3  delay  0 2  options   allowAnimatedContent  animations      - gt  Void in         self AlertView transform   CGAffineTransform scaleX  1 1  y  1 1          completion    finished  Bool  - gt  Void in         UIView animate withDuration  0 2  animations      - gt  Void in             self AlertView transform   CGAffineTransform scaleX  1 0  y  1 0

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Swift 4  Here in my case I have to pass data into that custom view  so I create static function to instantiate the view    Create UIView extension  extension UIView       class func initFromNib lt T  UIView gt    - gt  T           return Bundle main loadNibNamed String describing  self   owner  nil  options  nil   0  as  T          Create MyCustomView  class MyCustomView  UIView         IBOutlet weak var messageLabel  UILabel       static func instantiate message  String  - gt  MyCustomView           let view  MyCustomView   initFromNib           view messageLabel text   message         return view          Set custom class to MyCustomView in  xib file  Connect outlet if necessary as usual   Instantiate view  let view   MyCustomView instantiate message   Hello World

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I tested this code and it works great   class MyClass  UIView               class func instanceFromNib   - gt  UIView           return UINib nibName   nib file name   bundle  nil  instantiateWithOwner nil  options  nil  0  as UIView               Initialise the view and use it like below   var view   MyClass instanceFromNib   self view addSubview view    OR   var view   MyClass instanceFromNib self view addSubview view      UPDATE Swift   3 x  amp  Swift   4 x  class func instanceFromNib   - gt  UIView       return UINib nibName   nib file name   bundle  nil  instantiate withOwner  nil  options  nil  0  as  UIView

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As of Swift 2 0  you can add a protocol extension  In my opinion  this is a better approach because the return type is Self rather than UIView  so the caller doesn t need to cast to the view class   import UIKit  protocol UIViewLoading    extension UIView   UIViewLoading     extension UIViewLoading where Self   UIView         note that this method returns an instance of type  Self   rather than UIView   static func loadFromNib   - gt  Self       let nibName      self   characters split  0         map String init  last      let nib   UINib nibName  nibName  bundle  nil      return nib instantiateWithOwner self  options  nil  first as  Self

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Swift 3 Answer  In my case  I wanted to have an outlet in my custom class that I could modify   class MyClassView  UIView        IBOutlet weak var myLabel  UILabel       class func createMyClassView   - gt  MyClass           let myClassNib   UINib nibName   MyClass   bundle  nil          return myClassNib instantiate withOwner  nil  options  nil  0  as  MyClassView           When in the  xib  make sure that the Custom Class field is MyClassView  Don t bother with the File s Owner     Also  make sure that you connect the outlet in MyClassView to the label    To instantiate it   let myClassView   MyClassView createMyClassView   myClassView myLabel text    Hello World

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