Question

I’ve got a UITextView defined by

@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITextView *quote;

in my view controller header, and I can set the value by using

quote.text = @"some text";

but the view doens’t want to update the value, what can I do

Answer 1

Setting the text should immediately cause the UITextView to render your text under normal conditions.

Are you sure your that:

1. The UITextView is placed appropriately in your Nib and is visible?
2. The UITextView is appropriately linked with your outlet in your file owner (aka view controller)?

A quick test to verify the visibility of your UITextView – just place some sample text in it in the nib and verify that it appears on launch. If so, then you know that at least your view is displaying appropriately. At that point, it would have to be related to #2.