Common Init for a UIViewController Subclass

When creating a UIViewController subclass, e.g. in a framework, which you require to support being created from both storyboards and code, it is useful to implement initialisation which works for both. That can be achieved with a common init routine as follows:

- (instancetype)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
        [self doCommonInit];
    }
    return self;
}

- (instancetype)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder{
    self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];
    if (self) {
        [self doCommonInit];
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)doCommonInit{
    // init for both storyboards and code
}

Note: don’t call it _doCommonInit because Apple use that name for their own common init method! Actually it’s best avoid underscore prefix in any methods, cause that’s reserved for Apple’s use.