obj-c delegate method is null - objective-c

Question

My FetchVenuesView preceeds the VenuesIDController. VenuesIDController is the second tabbar item in a tabbarcontroller. FetchVenuesView is not part of the tabbar.
The first item in the tabbar is a tableview in which i can call a delegate without issue.
However when I try and call the delegate in VenuesIDController it always shows up in the log as null.
What do I do here? Do i connect the delegate in the storyboard? How?
I have a FetchVenuesViewController.h
#import "VenueTableViewController.h"
#import "VenueIDController.h"
#interface FetchVenuesViewController : UIViewController< VenueTableViewControllerDelegate, VenueIDControllerDelegate>{
NSDictionary* venueJSON;
NSDictionary* idJSON;
};
#property (strong) NSDictionary* idJSON;
- (void)VenueFetch;
- (void)IDFetch;
#end
In FetchVenuesViewController.m
#synthesize idJSON;
- (void)IDFetch {
//request some webservice
NSData *data = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request
returningResponse:&response
error:&error];
//save the response
if (data) {
id IDJSON = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
if (!IDJSON) {
//handle error
}
else {
//do something
}
} else {
// fetch failed
}
activityIndicator.hidden = NO;
}
-(NSDictionary *)getID{
[self IDfetch];
NSLog(#"json%#",idJSON);
return idJSON;
}
In VenueIDController.h
#protocol VenueIDControllerDelegate;
#interface VenueIDController : UIViewController{
}
#property (assign) id <VenueIDControllerDelegate> delegate;
-(IBAction)getIDData:(id)sender;
#end
#protocol VenueIDControllerDelegate <NSObject>
-(NSDictionary *)getID;
#end
and in VenueIDController.m
#interface VenueIDController (){
NSMutableArray* IDData;
UIImage* IDBarcode;
}
-(void) displayIDData:(NSDictionary*)data;
#end
#implementation VenueIDController
#synthesize delegate;
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
VenueIDController *vid = [[VenueIDController alloc] init];
vid.delegate = self;
NSLog(#"%#",vid);
}
return self;
}
-(void) displayIDData:(NSDictionary*)data{
[delegate getID];
NSDictionary* idJSON = data;
}

Answer 1

Your init on VenueIDController appears wrong. you're already in an init, so you don't need to create another one. instead you should have self.delegate = self. The vid object you are creating there isn't going to be retained.