Stack overflow answer for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26689731/xcode-doesnt-load-a-custom-view

ErrorViewFromXib

//
//  ViewController.swift
//  error-view
//
//  Created by John Regner on 11/1/14.
//  Copyright (c) 2014 In Your Dreams Software. All rights reserved.
//

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        ErrorView.errorInView(self.view, animted: true)
    }
}

class ErrorView: UIView {

    class func errorInView(view:UIView, animted:Bool) -> ErrorView {
        println("ERROR VIEW LOADED")
        //let errorView = ErrorView(frame: view.bounds)
        //var errorView = ErrorView(frame: view.bounds)
        let errorView = NSBundle.mainBundle().loadNibNamed("ErrorView", owner: self, options: nil)[0] as ErrorView
        //errorView.backgroundColor = UIColor.purpleColor()
        errorView.opaque = false
        view.addSubview(errorView)
        return errorView
    }
}