find xib for iPad

I load my xib files through: initWithNibName programatically. If I set something like: [[LoginController alloc] initWithNibName:@"LoginController" bundle:nil];

Shouldn't it load LoginController.xib if it is executed on iPhone and search for LoginController-iPad.xib on the iPad? This is not h开发者_运维百科appening at my code, do I have to select the right one manually or is something going wrong?

Thanks in advance!

No, there is nothing in the documentation that suggests "-iPad" is a valid resource-like modifier for initWithNibName:, or that initWithNibName: supports modifiers at all.

BTW, .xib files are compiled to .nib files by Xcode, so the application never sees a .xib.

This is an old question, so perhaps this naming convention did not exist when @shaggy frog answered this question, but iOS should indeed load the iPad specific xib if it is named correctly. In this case your naming is slightly off, the correct naming scheme for an iPad specific xib is

NameOfYourViewController~ipad.xib

Note that it's a tilde (~) instead of a dash (-) and ipad is in lowercase.