Performing method on another UIViewController - ios

Question

I am using following code to set the text of a UILabel in SViewController, From another ViewController FViewController
SViewController *vc = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"SViewController"];
[vc setTextForLabel:[NSNumber numberWithInt:1];];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:vc animated:YES];
The setTextForLabel method:
-(void) setTextForLabel: (NSNumber *)text {
textLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
[textLabel setText:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",[text stringValue]]];
NSLog(#"The text is %#", textLabel.text);
}
I have declared the property for textLabel in .h file is as follows:
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UILabel *textLabel;
And I have also set the IBOutlet in storyboard.
Now in console I see "The text is 1", but the UI is not showing anything!
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

remove this line
textLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
Also, you need to link the UILabel on interface to your #property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UILabel *textLabel;
Or you may add this label manually to view
textLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
[textLabel setText:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",[text stringValue]]];
[self.view addSubView:textLabel];

Answer 2

First of all go put
[vc setTextForLabel:[NSNumber numberWithInt:1]];
after you push the vc.
In your xib/storyboard if your label has something written in it, remove it, leave it blank.
If that doesn't work ... leave the setText method before the push one (as you wrote it initialy) and create a NSNumber member that will hold your value and apply it in viewDidAppear like so
-(void) setTextForLabel: (NSNumber *)text{
numberValue = text; // declared in .h as NSNumber *numberValue (only make it a property if you need acces to it from outside your class)
}
- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewDidAppear:animated]; //this is important
[textLabel setText:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",[numberValue stringValue]]];
}

Answer 3

Your problem is linked to the view lifecycle of SViewController. When you call [.. setTextForLabel] you don't know if the controller has loaded its views (And thus your UILabel have a good chance of not being created yet)
What you should do is use a NSString property on your controller, set it with the desire text and assigned it to the UILabel in the viewDidLoad of SViewController.
in SViewController.h
#propery (strong, nonatomic) NSString *textToDisplay;
in SViewController.m
-(void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Here you know all Outlet are loaded and connected
textLabel.text = textToDisplay
}

Answer 4

I did like this
#import "FViewController.h"
#import "SViewController.h"
#interface FViewController ()
#end
#implementation FViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}
- (IBAction)do:(id)sender
{
SViewController *vc = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"SViewController"];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:vc animated:YES];
[vc setTextForLabel:[NSNumber numberWithInt:1]];
}
// in SViewController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface SViewController : UIViewController
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *label;
-(void) setTextForLabel: (NSNumber *)text;
#end
// SViewController.m file
#import "SViewController.h"
#interface SViewController ()
#end
#implementation SViewController
#synthesize label;
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}
-(void) setTextForLabel: (NSNumber *)text{
// label.text = [text stringValue];
NSLog(#"%#",label);
[label setText:[text stringValue]];
}
#end
also check your label properties in storyboard are properly set