Let's say I am designing an iPad app that presents user a screen. The screen contains several "controls" that for the sake of this example can be simple labels with +/- signs that increment/decrement integer value presented by the label, making sure that the value doesnt exceed max number defined for each control (numerical up/down control, but could be anything that has some simple logic). As integers are manipulated some read only values are calculated (labels). Moreover each "control" should respond to a tap gesture (and for example increase value by 10) The question i want to ask is - how should I design such a screen in terms of MVC used in cocoa touch? Given that the view controller that manages the screen is called MainController:
- Should numeric up/down controls be separate views containing all the logic (somehow violates MVC pattern) that are added to MainController.view?
- Should numeric up/down controls be separate viewControllers (with a view attached to them of course) containing all the logic (more reasonable approach in terms of MVC - am I correct?)
- Are touches/gestures processed on viewcontroller or view level?