iOS: how to understand the role of rootviewcontroller and its relationship with other objects

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Published on 2011-01-14T22:31:02Z Indexed on 2011/01/14 22:53 UTC
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I have created a UISplitViewController based iOS app in XCode 3.2.5

Below is a screen shot of Interface builder showing the rootviewcontroller and how it is linked to other objects.

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Being a beginner myself, I do not understand:

1) What is the role of the rootviewcontroller? Searched the documentation but what I found did not answer this question.

2) I thought a IBOutlet should only link to one corresponding object. Why in this case the rootviewcontroller is linked to two?

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