How to add an NSView to NSWindow in a Cocoa app?

Question

Since the template of an OS X app in Xcode seems to be similar to an empty app template, the following is used to add a view and a button (trying not to use Interface builder for now):

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification
{       
    NSView *view = [[NSView alloc] initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(100, 100, 100, 100)];

    view.layer.backgroundColor = [[NSColor yellowColor] CGColor];

    [self.window.contentView addSubview:view];

    NSRect frame = NSMakeRect(10, 40, 90, 40);
    NSButton* pushButton = [[NSButton alloc] initWithFrame: frame]; 
    pushButton.bezelStyle = NSRoundedBezelStyle;

    [self.window.contentView addSubview:pushButton];

    NSLog(@"subviews are %@", [self.window.contentView subviews]);   
}

Similar code on iOS should have produced a yellow box and a button, but the code above only produce a button, but the view won't show. Is there something wrong with the code above, and how to make it show the view with a yellow background?

Answer 1

Use setWantsLayer: method of NSView class.

NSView *view = [[NSView alloc] initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(100, 100, 100, 100)];
[view setWantsLayer:YES];
view.layer.backgroundColor = [[NSColor yellowColor] CGColor];

[self.window.contentView addSubview:view];

NSRect frame = NSMakeRect(10, 40, 90, 40);
NSButton* pushButton = [[NSButton alloc] initWithFrame: frame]; 
pushButton.bezelStyle = NSRoundedBezelStyle;

[self.window.contentView addSubview:pushButton];

NSLog(@"subviews are %@", [self.window.contentView subviews]);