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I want to know if there is a way to use some view controllers within a view controller which provides the same functionality as Fragments in Android? I want to use custom view controllers so I do not want to use NSTabViewController, UISplitViewController etc.

MathMax
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Container View Controllers allow to include child view controller inside another view controller. Take a look at the docs by clicking on the "more..." link in the class overview.

Implementing a Container View Controller
A custom UIViewController subclass can also act as a container view controller. A container view controller manages the presentation of content of other view controllers it owns, also known as its child view controllers. A child's view can be presented as-is or in conjunction with views owned by the container view controller....

Using them in storyboards is as simple as dragging the Container View to your view controller.

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And Xcode will automatically add a child view controller to it

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Tomas Camin
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  • `Container View` is not available when using Xib's though. My approach is to add a view controller in code by calling `- (void)addChildViewController:(UIViewController *)childController;` -> https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiviewcontroller/1621394-addchildviewcontroller – Bruno Bieri Jul 10 '19 at 08:50
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    This answer gives you also a hint: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32554359 and the Apple documentation can help you: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/ImplementingaContainerViewController.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007457-CH11-SW13 – Bruno Bieri Jul 15 '19 at 11:16