ios - Inheritance of view

Question

I'm new to iOS and I'm trying to understand how the platform works, so excuse me if I make any dumb questions.

My question is based on the problem present in this post:
Inheritance on view controller Objective c

So far, I understand I can inherit controllers, but can I inherit a view? I think the answer is NO. If that is the case, what is the best way to solve the following problem?

I have a card matching game. Now, I have to expand the game to have a similar card game but with a different deck and rules.

Therefore, I want to reuse the code and have a main controller and 2 inherited controllers that redefine the creation of the deck. Now I need to have 2 different views because the two games have a different number of cards. So, what is the best way to do this? Would I have to copy all the controls from one view to another and modify what's needed?

Answer 1

You can inherit a view just fine. Just create a subclass of UIView when you add a new file and then import that subclass.

Regarding your question, I feel like the best way to approach it would be to have a subclass of UIViewController called something like CardsController which has a deck property and can manage the display and change of cards based on a set of rules defined by you. Then, subclass that view controller further for each of your two games, since they both make use of cards.