Add new view controller and push on that in cocoa application - objective-c

Question

I am new to OS X application. In iOS there is methods like :
1. self.window.rootViewController = self.viewController;
2. [self.window addSubview:self.viewController.view];
to add view controller in window or
3. DefaultViewController *objDefault = [[DefaultViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"DefaultViewController" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:objDefault animated:TRUE];
4. DefaultViewController *objDefault = [[DefaultViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"DefaultViewController" bundle:nil];
[self presentViewController: objDefault animated:TRUE completion:nil];
to push on next view controller.
My question is that in OS X is there any method like above to add new view controller to window or push on next view controller..?

Answer 1

Cocoa and Cocoa-touch have a little different ways to change views on the window.
To change views you need to programmatically remove old subview and add new one.
- (void)addNewSubview:(NSView *)view // NSWindowController subclass implementation file
{
[_subview removeFromSuperview];
NSView *contentView = (NSView *)self.contentView;
[contentView addSubview:view];
_subview = view;
}
or simple [contentView replaceSubview:_subview with:view];
Since OS X 10.10 there's an opportunity to use storyboards something like in iOS.
UPD
To awake window from the application delegate class create your NSWindowController-subclass instance and show the window (it's mostly like in iOS' before-storyboards era).
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification
{
CustomWindowController *controller = [[CustomWindowController alloc] initWithWindowNibName:#"CustomWindowController"];
[controller showWindow:nil];
[controller.window makeKeyAndOrderFront:nil];
}

Answer 2

If you are using storyboards and segues to show a new NSViewController, then you might need to close the old view controller. Here is how I do it:
- (void)prepareForSegue:(NSStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
[self.view.window close];
}
Each view controller itself creates a window, so you need to close the old one before showing the new one.