InitWithNibName returns viewController but view is nil

Question

Other xib's auto-load fine, but not this one.

When I push this viewcontroller, initWithNibName, loadView, viewDidLoad, and viewWillAppear are called fine, but the view (and all self.xxx objects in @interface) are nil in all these methods, and I am left with an empty window under the navigationbar.

SettingsMain *newVC=[[SettingsMain alloc] initWithNibName:@"SettingsMain" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:newVC animated:YES];

I was wondering if I can force setting self.view to what's in the .xib, in loadView or initWithNibName, so that all the outlets etc are initalized.

The viewcontroller has the standard code,

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
        // Custom initialization

    }
    return self;
}

The problem is that when viewDidLoad is fired, self.view is nil.