Example fetchedResultsController in view controller

gistfile1.m

#pragma mark - Fetched results controller

- (NSFetchedResultsController *)fetchedResultsController
{
    if (fetchedResultsController != nil) {
        return fetchedResultsController;
    }
    
    NSFetchRequest *fetchRequest = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
    // Edit the entity name as appropriate.
    NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"EntityName" inManagedObjectContext:self.managedObjectContext];
    [fetchRequest setEntity:entity];
    
    // Set the batch size to a suitable number.
    [fetchRequest setFetchBatchSize:20];
    
    // Edit the sort key as appropriate.
    NSSortDescriptor *sortDescriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:@"timestamp" ascending:NO];
    NSArray *sortDescriptors = @[sortDescriptor];
    
    [fetchRequest setSortDescriptors:sortDescriptors];
    
    // Edit the section name key path and cache name if appropriate.
    // nil for section name key path means "no sections".
    NSFetchedResultsController *aFetchedResultsController = [[NSFetchedResultsController alloc] initWithFetchRequest:fetchRequest managedObjectContext:self.managedObjectContext sectionNameKeyPath:nil cacheName:@"Master"];
    aFetchedResultsController.delegate = self;
    self.fetchedResultsController = aFetchedResultsController;
    
	NSError *error = nil;
	if (![self.fetchedResultsController performFetch:&error]) {
        // Replace this implementation with code to handle the error appropriately.
        // abort() causes the application to generate a crash log and terminate. You should not use this function in a shipping application, although it may be useful during development.
	    NSLog(@"Unresolved error %@, %@", error, [error userInfo]);
	    abort();
	}
    
    return fetchedResultsController;
}