Question

I am having a hard time understanding the following issue:

This code does what i think it should do: Initialize badges, move it after the initialization and update label on the badge:

• Initialize badge
• Set value to 24 (or some other number)
• Add UIView on screen
• Change UIView location
• Change value to read xx

[self initializeCardBadges];
[gameView addSubview:unplayedCountBadge];

[unplayedCountBadge setFrame:CGRectMake(315, 5, 25, 25)]; // Moves
unplayedCountBadge.badgeText = @"xx";                     // Updates label

where initializeCardBadges does the following:

self.unplayedCountBadge = [CustomBadge customBadgeWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", decks.masterDeck.count]
                                        withStringColor:[UIColor whiteColor] 
                                           withInsetColor:[UIColor redColor] 
                                         withBadgeFrame:YES 
                                    withBadgeFrameColor:[UIColor whiteColor] 
                                              withScale:1.0
                                             withShining:YES];  

[self.unplayedCountBadge setFrame:CGRectMake(435, 5, 25, 25)];

Once the badge is in place, we are free to move it around and change text. As mentioned above this works.

When i add a new method to update the badge labels, as expected, all is well again

[self initializeCardBadges];
[gameView addSubview:unplayedCountBadge];

[unplayedCountBadge setFrame:CGRectMake(315, 5, 25, 25)]; // Moves badge to location
[self updateBadgeLabelForUnplayedCards];                  // Updates label

-(void) updateBadgeLabelForUnplayedCards {
    unplayedCountBadge.badgeText=@"yy";    
}

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But .. when i add the same logic to -(IBAction) doneWithThisRoundDealCards:(id)sender, upon button tap ..

[unplayedCountBadge setFrame:CGRectMake(315, 5, 25, 25)]; // Moves
[self updateBadgeLabelForUnplayedCards];                  // Value NOT set

Additionally, when i replace the above with explicit commands, the same can be observed: badge moves location, value is not set

[unplayedCountBadge setFrame:CGRectMake(315, 5, 25, 25)];  // Moves
self.unplayedCountBadge.badgeText=@"tt";                   // Value NOT set

Badge location changes, but … text does not update. Why is this?

I am reusing this code for badge generation.

Note that BadgeText is defined as a simple property, as shown here

@property(nonatomic,retain) NSString *badgeText;

Answer 1

did you try

[unplayedCountBadge setNeedsDisplay];

?