DBNibLoadingView.swift

//
//  DBNibLoadingView.swift
//  Created by Damien Bell on 2/15/16.
//  Copyright © 2016 Damien Bell. All rights reserved.
//
//How To Use:
//Create a nib file where the name of the file matches the class name
//set the xib's files owner to the relevant class. Important! set files owner and not the UIView class on the xib object itself
//Using this approach you can still set iboutlets and properties as normal
import UIKit

class DBNibLoadingView: UIView {

    var view: UIView!
    
    override init(frame: CGRect){
        super.init(frame: frame)
        xibSetup()
    }
    
    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder){
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
        xibSetup()
    }
    
    func xibSetup(){
        view = loadViewFromXib()
        view.frame = bounds
        view?.autoresizingMask = [UIViewAutoresizing.FlexibleWidth, UIViewAutoresizing.FlexibleHeight]
        addSubview(view)
    }
    func loadViewFromXib()->UIView{
        let bundle = NSBundle(forClass: self.dynamicType)
        let nib = UINib(nibName: String(self.dynamicType), bundle: bundle)
        let view = nib.instantiateWithOwner(self, options: nil)[0] as! UIView
        return view
    }

}

Subclass of UIView to make loading views from nibs less tedious.
How To Use:
-Create a nib file where the name of the file matches the class name
-Set the xib's files owner to the relevant class. Important! set files owner and not the UIView class on the xib object itself

• Using this approach you can still set iboutlets and properties as usual