Is it a good idea to use xib files in storyboard

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I have a project which is based on storyboard. The problem is some views are repeated in some view controllers.
I created xib file for these repeated views and then I use don't create theses view again. I just add a uiview and set its class to the custom view I have created.
It work ok as it avoids repeated view changes.

But I don't know if this cause performance or any other problems later. And I cannot change the whole project to only use with xib files.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 30 '18 at 05:54

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one of the clean code goals is to reuse your code. so base on this, xib file is a good solution, but about performance, using interface builder has less performance than implementation through code. if you are concern too much about performance, use the code, if not, your implementation is ok.

answered Jul 30 '18 at 05:54

Amirhossein Validabadi

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Thanks. There are three ways. just using storyboard. just xib. but what I ask is using storyboard and xib files together. I ask if this one performance is not worse than only using story board – Fattaneh Talebi Jul 30 '18 at 05:57
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@AmirhosseinPooya why? – T. Pasichnyk Jul 30 '18 at 06:37
@T.Pasichnyk because storyboards and xib files are processed like each other in runtime. you can check out [here](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/interface-builder/) – Amirhossein Validabadi Jul 30 '18 at 07:07

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 30 '18 at 06:08

If your project has similar kind of design or view then yes using xib with storyboard is good. you can reduce redundancy by taking similar kind of view or Tableview cell or collectionview cell. that will also make your storyboard neat and clean.

you can check this and based on that you can use as per your requirement. Which is more efficient way? StoryBoard or XIB?

Is it a good idea to use xib files in storyboard

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