Is the debug view hierarchy in Xcode so that I can see which view controller has the view?
Update: Starting with Xcode 9, view controllers are listed right along the view hierarchy in the visual debugger.
You can get the memory address of the selected view from the inspector in Xcode, and then use the console to get the view view controller using -nextResponder .
-nextResponder
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/reference/UIResponder_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/UIResponder/nextResponder
UIView implements this method by returning a UIViewController object that controls it (if any) or its supervisor (if not)