iphone - self.window.rootViewController vs window addSubview

Question

I've noticed a lot of examples for iPhone apps in the Application Delegate

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application

have

[window addSubview: someController.view]; (1)

as opposed to

self.window.rootViewController = self.someController; (2)

Is there any practical reason to use one over the other? Is one technically correct? Do controller's have an equivalent command to number (2) like

self.someController.rootController = self.someOtherController; // pseudocode

Answer 1

The UIWindow rootViewController property is new with iOS4.

The older technique was to use addSubview.

The new, recommended technique is to set rootViewController.