Set properties before awakeFromNib fires

Question

I need to set a property of a UIView before awakeFromNib is fired.

This is what I tried:

if let views = Bundle.main.loadNibNamed("MyNib", owner: self, options: nil) as? [MyNib], 
views.count > 0 {
let v = views.first!
v.count = 78
// or
v.configureContent(n: 78)
return v...

configureContent gets called but after awakeFromNib, so I can't use the value of count inside the body of awakeFromNib.

I red here about the options parameter, but I'm not sure it can be of any help.

Another option would be to avoid any sort of injection and ask for data from some source directly from the awakeFromNib.

Any help is appreciated.