I'm trying to initialize a UIViewController to be pushed - iphone

Question

I began from a tutorial example that had a UIViewController connected to a nib, but now i've decided to do it all programmatically. Consequently, I deleted the nib but without knowing how to implement my controller.
I did something like this:
EventsDetailController *myChild = [[EventsDetailController alloc] init];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:myChild animated:YES];
However, it crashes when I click the specific cell.
Do I have to initWith something? Before when I had a nib it was initWithNib
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface EventsDetailController : UIViewController {
NSString *message;
}
#property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *message;
#end
#import "EventsDetailController.h"
#implementation EventsDetailController
#synthesize message;
-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
}
-(void)viewDidLoad{
UILabel *theMsg = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,200,30)];
theMsg.text = #"hello";
[theMsg release];
[super viewDidLoad];
}
-(void)viewDidUnload{
self.message = nil;
[super viewDidUnload];
}
-(void)dealloc{
[message release];
[super dealloc];
}
#end
Perhaps, I'll start from scratch, I think it is still looking for the nib I deleted.

Answer 1

I'm assuming that you have the app delegate's window.rootViewController set to a NavigationController instance, and that instance was created with a initWithRootViewController, as you mentioned that you're getting to the point where it crashes when you click on a cell.
Looking at the added code, the only thing I see that's strange is in the 'veiwDidLoad' method - you alloc and release 'theMsg', but don't use it. I'm assuming you've cut out some code for brevity.
I ended up starting from scratch when I went away from .nib files (about 5 minutes after starting my first iPhone app). I would run with that, adding in your functionality a little at a time.