How to keep a class alive like in Tabbed apps - objective-c

Question

I currently have an app like this that has the drawer interface but when I go into another view everything resets in the current view and never stays the same ?
This is how my code looks like when I switch views.
[self.slidingViewController anchorTopViewOffScreenTo:ECRight animations:nil onComplete:^{
CGRect frame = self.slidingViewController.topViewController.view.frame;
self.slidingViewController.topViewController = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"homeChannel"];
self.slidingViewController.topViewController.view.frame = frame;
[self.slidingViewController resetTopView];
[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES]; }];
So my question is "How would I keep the view alive while going into another view such as the tabbed apps "
Such as my tableView, when I go to another view and back to the original one it resets.

Answer 1

Create a NSMutableArray that will keep a pointer to your views. Save the view when you leave it, fetch it when you need it back. Beware! This will consume a lot of memory, but that's what you asked for.
- (void)initArray
{
myViews = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (int i=0; i<NUMBER_OF_VIEWS; i++)
{
[myViews addObject:[NSNull null]];
}
}
- (void)saveView:(UIView*)view atIndex:(int)index
{
myViews[index] = view;
}
- (UIView*)fetchViewAtIndex:(int)index
{
UIView *view = myViews[index];
if (view == [NSNull null])
return nil;
return view;
}