UIViewController subviews exist but I see black screen - ios

Question

I have 2 view controllers, the first is a storyboard (this is root) and the second with is nibless. When I press a button in the root view controller it should call the second controller.
Here the code for my second view controller:
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
UILabel *sampleLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake(0,0,100,100)];
UIImageView * basketItem = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"B.jpg"]];
[self.view addSubview:sampleLabel];
[self.view addSubview:basketItem];
NSLog(#"%#",self.view.subviews);
sampleLabel.text = #"Main Menu";
}
return self;
}
self.view.sebviews query shows that 2 objects label and imageView objects exists, but in fact I see black screen only.
Here is transition method
- (void)transitionToViewController:(UIViewController *)aViewController
withOptions:(UIViewAnimationOptions)options
{
aViewController.view.frame = self.containerView.bounds;
[UIView transitionWithView:self.containerView
duration:0.65f
options:options
animations:^{
[self.viewController.view removeFromSuperview];
[self.containerView addSubview:aViewController.view];
}
completion:^(BOOL finished){
self.viewController = aViewController;
}];
}

Answer 1

Move the code in viewDidLoad. Here you are sure the view has been loaded into memory and hence can be further customized.
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
UILabel *sampleLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake(0,100,100,100)];
UIImageView * basketItem = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"B.jpg"]];
[self.view addSubview:sampleLabel];
[self.view addSubview:basketItem];
NSLog(#"%#",self.view.subviews);
sampleLabel.text = #"Main Menu";
}
If you are not using ARC, pay attention to memory leaks.
Note
I really suggest to read Apple doc for this. You should understand how things work. Hope that helps.
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/ViewLoadingandUnloading/ViewLoadingandUnloading.html
Edit
I don't know what the problem could be. To make it work, try to override loadView (in MenuViewController) method like the following:
- (void)loadView
{
CGRect applicationFrame = [[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame];
UIView *contentView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:applicationFrame];
contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor]; // red color only for debug purposes
self.view = contentView;
}
Leave the viewDidLoad method as I wrote and see what happens.
When you create the view controller use only init method.
MenuViewController *vc = [[MenuViewController alloc] init];

Answer 2

Your UILabel's frame has size.width=0:
CGRectMake(0,100,0,100)
and if B.jpg is not added to the project you UIImageView will also be empty.
Also, if second UIViewController doesn't have a XIB, initialize it using the - (id)init method instead of - (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil.