a.m

@interface AlterationHeaderFooterView : UITableViewHeaderFooterView
-(void) layoutSubviews;
-(instancetype) init;
@end

@implementation AlterationHeaderFooterView
-(instancetype) init
{
    self = [super init];
    NSLog (@"init");
    return self;
}
-(void) layoutSubviews
{
    NSLog (@"layoutSubviews");
}
@end

@implementation AppDelegate

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
    // Override point for customization after application launch.
    
    NSLog (@"allocating");
    id layer = [[AlterationHeaderFooterView alloc] init];
    NSLog (@"allocated");
    [layer release];
    
    return YES;
}
@end

gistfile2.txt

Output with iOS 9.1:
2015-11-24 09:15:41.044 apicheck[19834:10696558] allocating
2015-11-24 09:15:41.045 apicheck[19834:10696558] layoutSubviews
2015-11-24 09:15:41.045 apicheck[19834:10696558] init
2015-11-24 09:15:41.045 apicheck[19834:10696558] allocated

Output with iOS 8.1:
2015-11-24 09:16:56.608 apicheck[19916:10707702] allocating
2015-11-24 09:16:56.609 apicheck[19916:10707702] init
2015-11-24 09:16:56.609 apicheck[19916:10707702] allocated