I would use (void)prepareforSegue
First create a property in your next view controller, for this example I'm calling it ViewData.
-(void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
if ([segue.identifier isEqualToString:@"Your Identifier])
{
YourNextViewController *vc = (YourNextViewController*)segue.destinationViewController;
[vc setViewData: @"Whatever data"];
}