Question

I’ve got a problem at programming for iOS. Already looked for some similar problems but haven’t found anything yet.

I’m creating at least 8 custom UIViews. As you can see in the appended code i’m running through a loop creating one instance per round. The reference of every object is on a different space in the memory but when i change a value in one object it only affects the object that has been created in the last loop-round (last created instance).
Any Ideas?

PadView.h:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface PadView : UIView {

}

- (void)setText:(NSString*)text;

@end

PadView.m:

#import "PadView.h"
#import "AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h";

@implementation PadView

AVAudioPlayer *player;
UILabel *label;

- (void)setText:(NSString*)text {

    label.text = text;
}

- (void)initialize {

    label = [[ UILabel alloc ] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0, 93.0, 107.0, 13.0)];
    label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    label.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:9];
    label.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
    label.text = @"Empty";
    [self addSubview:label];
    [label release];
}

- (id) initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aCoder {

    if (self = [super initWithCoder:aCoder]) {

        [self initialize];
    }
    return self;
}

- (id) initWithFrame:(CGRect)rect {

    if (self = [super initWithFrame:rect]) {

        [self initialize];
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)dealloc {

    [super dealloc];
}

@end

Create the Objects:

NSMutableArray *pads = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:8];

for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {

    PadView *pad = [[PadView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0, i*150, 107.0, 107.0)];
    [padsView addSubview:pad];
    [pads addObject:pad];
}

Call setText:

PadView *pad = [pads objectAtIndex:5];
[pad setText:@"test"];

Answer 1

Your variables:

AVAudioPlayer *player;
UILabel *label;

are defined in the @implementation block, so they are effectively global variables (in the C sense).

So basically, all your instances of PadView will change the same UILabel when you set its text property (which explains the behavior you are seeing).

I’m lacking some context, but it seems that you want label to be an instance variable instead (and I’d assume player as well). If that’s the case, you need to declare them in the @interface block as follows:

@interface PadView : UIView {

    AVAudioPlayer *player;
    UILabel *label;

}

- (void)setText:(NSString*)text;

@end