UITextField without get property swift 4 - ios

Question

I have custom control which contains textField. Sample code looks like this:
#IBDesignable
class MyTextField: UIView {
private var _text: String?
private var textField: UITextField?
#IBInspectable var text: String? {
get {
return _text
} set (newValue) {
guard let txt = newValue else { return }
self._text = txt
//updateView()
}
}
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
updateView()
}
override func prepareForInterfaceBuilder() {
super.prepareForInterfaceBuilder()
updateView()
}
func updateView() {
textField = UITextField(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 97, height: 30))
self.addSubview(textField!)
textField!.text = self._text
}}
When I create an outlet to my custom control in code I can set text property, but I can't get it. What am I doing wrong ? I'm new in this so I don't understand...
EDIT:
Add MyTextField to Main.storyboard and standard textField
Create an outlets ​#IBOutlet var myTextField: MyTextField! and
standardTextField
Set Text property of my control in Object Inspector
My control on storyboard updates correctly and "test text" is visible
Add a button and create an action outlet
case 1: works fine
#IBAction func click(_ sender: UIButton) {
myTextField.text = standardTextField.text
}
case 2: doesn't work
#IBAction func click(_ sender: UIButton) {
standardTextField.text = myTextField.text
}
After case 2, in standardTextField is only value which i set from object inspector. If i change value of myTextField.text, standardTextField still shows a orginal value from object inspector

Answer 1

I replicated your setup in Xcode. Case 2 does work — the standardTextField displays MyTextField's text when the button is clicked.
Note: in MyTextField I assumed that you want to create textField once, instead of recreating it each time the text updates. Case 2 was working without this change, though.
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
#IBOutlet var myTextField: MyTextField!
#IBOutlet var standardTextField: UITextField!
#IBOutlet weak var button: UIButton!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
button.addTarget(self, action: #selector(click(_:)), for: .touchUpInside)
}
#IBAction func click(_ sender: UIButton) {
// myTextField.text = standardTextField.text // Case 1 works
standardTextField.text = myTextField.text // Case 2 works
}
}
MyTextField control:
import UIKit
#IBDesignable
class MyTextField: UIView {
private var _text: String?
private var textField = UITextField(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 97, height: 30))
#IBInspectable var text: String? {
get {
return _text
} set (newValue) {
guard let txt = newValue else { return }
self._text = txt
updateView()
}
}
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
self.addSubview(textField)
updateView()
}
override func prepareForInterfaceBuilder() {
super.prepareForInterfaceBuilder()
self.addSubview(textField)
updateView()
}
func updateView() {
textField.text = self._text
}
}

Answer 2

A simple solution for not working getter is change text property
from:
#IBInspectable var text: String? {
get {
return _text
} set (newValue) {
guard let txt = newValue else { return }
self._text = txt
updateView()
}
}
to
#IBInspectable var text: String? {
get {
return textField!.text
} set (newValue) {
guard let txt = newValue else { return }
self._text = txt
updateView()
}
}
But I don't know if this is correct...
Does it make any sense ?