Parsing a Date string with AFNetworking (dateFormatter) - ios

Question

I'm changing my app so it could parse my JSON through AFNetworking and I'm getting an error when I try to change my date string with dateFormatter. I have a NSObject called "UpcomingRelease", a CollectionViewController called "UpcomingReleasesViewController" and a destinationViewController called "ReleaseViewController"
This my old code:
* UpcomingRelease.h
#interface UpcomingRelease : NSObject
#property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *release_date;
- (NSString *) formattedDate;
#end
* UpcomingRelease.m
- (NSString *) formattedDate {
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'"];
NSDate *newDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:self.release_date];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"MMMM dd"];
return [dateFormatter stringFromDate:newDate];
}
* ReleaseViewController.h (destinationViewController)
#import "UpcomingRelease.h"
#property (strong, nonatomic) NSDictionary *singleRelease;
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *release_date;
* ReleaseViewController.m
#synthesize singleRelease = _singleRelease;
#synthesize release_date = _release_date;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
if([_singleRelease objectForKey:#"release_date"] != NULL)
{
self.release_date.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", _singleRelease.formattedDate];
}
else
{
self.release_date.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Releasing Soon"];
}
}
I get an error saying "Property 'formattedDate' not found on object of type 'NSDictionary').

Answer 1

The error already says that NSDictionary doesn't have a property called formattedDate. And right now you are calling _singleRelease.formattedDate and _singleRelease is a NSDictionary.
Change your code to the following:
if([_singleRelease objectForKey:#"release_date"] != NULL)
{
NSString *rd = [_singleRelease objectForKey:#"release_date"]; // I assume that this is a string
UpcomingRelease *upcoming = [[UpcomingRelease alloc] init];
upcoming.release_date = rd;
self.release_date.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", upcoming.formattedDate];
}