Question

I am trying to add a UILabel anagrammatically like below

- (void)viewDidLoad 
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

    [self.view setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"bg"]]];

    [self loadAndDrawButtons];
    CGRect  frame       =   CGRectMake(357, 240, 48, 42);
    CGRect  frame       =   CGRectMake(357, 200, 48, 42);
    UILabel *myLabel    =   [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:frame];

    [myLabel setText:@"THIS"];
    [myLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];

    [myLabel setTextColor:[UIColor redColor]];

    [myLabel setShadowOffset:CGSizeMake(1, 1)];

    [myLabel setShadowColor:[UIColor darkGrayColor]];

    [self.view  addSubview:myLabel];
}

So first I set the background for view and then I also display some button on the view. Background and button are successfully loaded. Eventually, I am adding a UILabel to view and I end up with nothing….
I am thinking that the background and my button will hide my UILabel( I know this is not right way but also give it a try) so that I comment out

// [self.view setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@”bg”]]];

// [self loadAndDrawButtons];

Now my view is blank without my UILable…
Could any one give my a hint about this problem…Thanks a lot

Answer 1

The problem likes in the label frame:

CGRect frame = CGRectMake(357, 200, 48, 42);

which is relative to its superview coordinates in this case your view is at the most 320 x 480 (or at least thats how much the screen can show without scrolling) however you are providing a an x value of 357 (greater than 320), which means the label is not being drawn within the visible portion of the view.