2 questions - searching IB files & embedded views

[Joseph Nardone]

Hi:
I am working on updating an complicated app that I did not write. It was written by a large development company so I have to assume that things were done for a reason. They used interface builder to add objects to some of the views while others were added programmatically.

I need to locate all of the XIB files that contain a certain image ("image.png" for example). Is there a way to do this in Xcode?

Also, some of the IB objects are "embedded". What does that even mean? (I assume they are subviews) and how do I tell what is embedded in what?

Thanks,
Joseph

[timle8n1]

Originally Posted by Joseph Nardone

Hi:
I am working on updating an complicated app that I did not write. It was written by a large development company so I have to assume that things were done for a reason. They used interface builder to add objects to some of the views while others were added programmatically.

I need to locate all of the XIB files that contain a certain image ("image.png" for example). Is there a way to do this in Xcode?

Also, some of the IB objects are "embedded". What does that even mean? (I assume they are subviews) and how do I tell what is embedded in what?

Thanks,
Joseph

I would grep the entire project for image.png this should find you the usage in source, xibs, plist, etc. Xcode isn't the only tool in the box.