title: More on awakeFromNib vs viewDidLoad
body: <p>I have an Xcode storyboard project for an iPad app using SDK 7.0 and being deployed to iOS 6.1 and greater. In the storyboard there’s a tab bar controller with 2 navigation controllers, each of which points to a table view controller. The table view controllers are of the same class, just configured differently.</p>
  
  <p>When I start the app (iOS 7 simulator), the table view controller’s awakeFromNib is called twice and the viewDidLoad is called once. The first table view appears correctly. When I tap the tab bar to display the second table view, viewDidLoad is not called a second time.  The second table view appears incorrectly configured because the values in viewDidLoad were not set for it.</p>
  
  <p>I realize I can configure the 2 table views in awakeFromNib and everything will be fine. I’d feel better if I understood why viewDidLoad is called only once, and what the intended purposes of awakeFromNib vs viewDidLoad are. From what I read on SO and other sites, viewDidLoad seems to be preferred to awakeFromNib for configuring a view.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>