'SomeViewController' may not respond to '-alloc'

Question

I'm currently setting up this view to be swapped with another in an iPhone game. When I use this code...

- (void)viewDidLoad {
     menuViewController = [[menuViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"SomeViewController" bundle:nil];
     self.menuViewController = menuViewController;
     [self.view insertSubview:menuViewController.view atIndex:0];
     [menuViewController release];
}

...Xcode gives me a warning "'SomeViewController' may not respond to '-alloc'. I can't figure out how to get rid of this warning...can anybody help me?

Edit: Maybe this will help. In my .h file, I have this...

@interface RabbitReflexViewController : UIViewController {
    IBOutlet SomeViewController *menuViewController;
}

...along with some other code. My .m file contains what is above.

Answer 1

In [someViewController alloc], someViewController should be a class name rather than an instance. So probably you want [SomeViewController alloc].

Answer 2

The problem here is not so much the compiler error as that you have no idea what you're doing. I'd recommend that you work your way through the tutorial material on the Apple developer site. That way you can progress from basic to more advanced material. Maybe start here: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/iPhone101/Articles/00%5FIntroduction.html and http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/Learning%5FObjective-C%5FA%5FPrimer/index.html#//apple%5Fref/doc/uid/TP40007594