Question

so for example i have this in my uiviewcontroller

- (void)loadView {
    CGRect frame = [[UIScreen mainScreen] applicationFrame];
    MyDetailView *detailView = [[MyDetailView alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
    self.view = detailView;
    [detailView release];
}

now i add some labels to my view, f.e.

@property(nonatomic, retain) UILabel *descriptionLabel;

if i want to set this in my ViewController i would normally do something like

self.view.descriptionLabel.text = @"foo";

because this would generate a warning i cange it to

[[(MyDetailView*)self.view descriptionLabel] setText:@"foo"];

is there a better way for this? F.E. telling my ViewController that the view attribute is a subclass? is there a way for this or should i save my detail view in an additional ivar?

thanks for your hints!

Answer 1

I don’t believe there’s anything wrong with what you’ve demonstrated. I might write it slightly differently, but that’s probably a matter of preference:

myView = (MyDetailView *)[self view];
[myView setDescriptionLabel:@"foo"];