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To add a child view controller in a UIKit app, you can refer to the session titled "Make your UIKit app more flexible" from WWDC 2025. This session discusses container view controllers, which are essential for managing the layout of one or more child view controllers. Container view controllers like UISplitViewController are designed to be flexible and can manage the display of multiple adjacent columns of content.
For more detailed information, you can check the chapter on "Container view controllers" in the session Make your UIKit app more flexible.
Make your UIKit app more flexible
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