Question

I am trying to change the label with my programmatically loaded NIB. I created a class MyView which includes a UILabel* named myLabel but when I use MyView I cannot change myLabel:

MyView.h

@interface MyView : UIView
{
    UIView *view;
    UILabel *myLabel;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIView *view;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UILabel *myLabel;

MyView.m

@implementation MyView
@synthesize myLabel, view;

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
...

So when I initialize the MyView

UIView *myView = [[MyView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,100,100)];

I cannot change the label as myLabel is not identified:

myView.myLabel.text = @"New Label Text";

I know there is some silly error in my logic or understanding of UIView.

Answer 1

You need to declare it as,

MyView *myView = [[MyView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,100,100)];
myView.myLabel.text = @"New Label Text";

If you use UIView, it is saying that it cannot find a property named myLabel in UIView class. Since you have declared this property in a subclass of UIView, you need to use the subclass name here.