UIViewController Problem with IB - iphone

Question

This is what I do
Setup a view with UIViewController Subclass
Go to IB, and pull a view into the iphone
Pull a navigation bar over the UIView
Pull a tableview on the space below.
Everything appears well when I am running the interface builder.
But these things do not work.
If I add a button on top of the Navigation Bar, the button appears but IBAction is not called. The button seems to be at a level beneath the Navigation Bar (somewhere else)
If I add a footer view for the tableView, it does not appear. I believe the UIView is again masking it or something...
- (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
UIView *viewForFooter = [[UIView alloc] init ];
UIButton *footerButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(200, 40, 100, 40)];
footerButton.titleLabel.text = #"Forgot Login";
//self.forgotLogin = footerButton;
[viewForFooter addSubview:footerButton];
return viewForFooter;
}
WHY ?

Answer 1

1) No reaction to click: Try to add the action in code. If it works, something was wrong with connecting up the IBAction.
[self.barButton setTarget:self];
[self.barButton setAction:#selector(IBActionHandler:)];
As a backup, you can also try to add the button in code:
UIBarButtonItem *barButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]
initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemDone
target:self
selector:#selector(IBActionHandler:)];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = barButton;
[barButton release];
2) Invisible button - I think your button is a custom UIButton, so it is transparent. The title is not visible because you have to set it like this:
[footerButton setTitle:#"Forgot Login" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
If you want a regular rounded angle button you have to set the frame after creating it.
UIButton *footerButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
// Careful, this button is autoreleased.
[footerButton setFrame:CGRectMake(200, 40, 100, 40)];
BTW, something might also be wrong with your CGRects. The footerView should perhaps also be properly initialized with a frame, and you might have to implement
-(CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForFooterInSection:(NSInteger)section
as well.
PS: To go with a standard UITableViewController might actually be a good idea.
Happy coding!