how to create an Appcelerator IOS module using multiple XIBs - ios

I am trying to create an Appcelerator IOS module, basically its a conversion of an App in Native to Appc module.
The Native Project has been created using XIBs.
So far i created a Proxy and used that view proxy to fetch the XIB using
[[ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"ViewController" bundle: bundle];
I have converted the xibs to Nibs and have put them in the Asset folder of the Project invoking the module.
By doing all this i have been able to render the ViewController screen.But no events are working on this screen.
Here is the code rendering the second xib :
- (IBAction)handleStinkyClick:(id)sender {
firstScreen *fs=[[firstScreen alloc]initWithNibName:#"firstScreen" bundle:nil];
fs.modalTransitionStyle=UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
URLsForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomains:NSUserDomainMask] lastObject]);
[self presentViewController:fs animated:YES completion:nil];
}
Is there anything i am missing?
Any help will be appreciated.

I will ask an iOS engineer of use to have a look, but you might be interested in trying out Hyperloop for iOS, which lets you require XIBs and mix and match Ti.UI.View and native code.
http://labs.appcelerator.com/project/55f74a9f421c44837717716b/Hyperloop-Module

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