Question

When I add new view, I always do same and boring work.

If I add UIWebView, I would do follows,

• add codes to header file. ( declare, property )
• add codes to source file. ( synthesize, viewDidUnload, dealloc )
• add UIWebView in IB and connect to the outlet in File’s Owner.

[ViewController.h]

@interface ViewController : UIViewController
{
    UIWebView *_webView;
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWebView *webView;

@end

[ViewController.m]

@synthesize webView = _webView;

- (void)viewDidUnload
{
    [super viewDidUnload];
    self.webView = nil;
}
- (void)dealloc
{
    [_webView release];
    [super dealloc];    
}

What if I should add 3 labels and 2 buttons?
What if I have to add textview and some imageviews?

Don’t you think it is boring? I would like to listen to your idea.

I hope there will be more easy and simple way to add outlet to the code.
Does anybody have a good idea? 🙂

Answer 1

When using Interface Builder, If you select an Object drag it’s reference to your header, you’ll see a popup where you can name it so theres less typing for you to do. As seen below:

This will automatically declare the IBOutlet UIButton *myButton for you, and insert the release and nil code into dealloc and viewDidUnload methods.

Same method also works for actions, as seen below.

Once you Connect it will automatically insert the new Action -(IBAction)cancelSelected:(id)sender into your @implementation class.

Point being, all that’s boring for you to do can be done in 2 Reference connections, and inputting data into 2 fields. 🙂

Hope this helps!