Question

I want to set a custom font on a UILabel, which I’ve figured out how to do just fine. My question is how do I access a UILabel that I created via the drag and drop interface builder in the code?

I’ve tried ctrl + clicking the UILabel and dragging it to the file’s owner but it won’t let me. I also tried opening the assistant editor and connecting the UILabel directly to the corresponding .h file, but that won’t work either. How do I access the UILabel programatically?? I know this should be really easy.

Answer 1

// YourController.h

@interface YourController : UIViewController
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *theLabel; 
@end

// YourController.m

@implementation
@synthesize theLabel; 
///....
@end

Now with the IBOutlet marker in your code you should be able to drag from File’s Owner to the label (not the other way round) in IB.