Properties Accessor Method Implementation - ios

Question

I'm trying to make another custom view available at rood VC's viewdidload.
MSHView *customTextView = [[MSHView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
customTextView.textView.text = #"abc";
[customTextView layoutSubviews];
[self.view addSubview:customTextView];
MSHView Header file:
#property(nonatomic, strong) UITextView * textView;
#property (nonatomic, strong) UIImageView* translucentIV;
MSHView implementaion file:
-(UIImageView*) translucentIV {
if(!_translucentIV) {
_translucentIV.frame = self.frame;
//NSLog(#"frame for translucent IV, %#", _translucentIV.frame);
_translucentIV.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
_translucentIV.alpha = 0.5;
}
return _translucentIV;
}
-(UITextView* ) textView{
if(!_textView){
/*
float height = self.bounds.size.height - 5;
float width = self.bounds.size.width - 5;
_textView.frame = CGRectMake(5,5,width,height);
_textView.text = #"test text";
*/
NSLog(#"textview property being initialized");
}
return _textView;
}
-(void)layoutSubviews {
self.textView.frame = self.frame;
self.translucentIV.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
self.alpha = 0.5;
NSString *abc = #"abc";
self.textView.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",abc];
NSLog(#"layout subview being called");
}
-(void) setTextView:(UITextView *)textView {
if(textView != _textView) {
_textView = textView;
_textView.text = #"setter method called";
}
}
Still cannot see the textview from MSHView. I think I'm not doing properties properly. any help or explanation?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You are not creating the UIImageView and UITextView.
Try something more like:
-(UIImageView*) translucentIV {
if(!_translucentIV) {
_translucentIV = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:self.frame];
//NSLog(#"frame for translucent IV, %#", _translucentIV.frame);
_translucentIV.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
_translucentIV.alpha = 0.5;
}
return _translucentIV;
}
-(UITextView *)textView {
if(!_textView) {
float height = self.bounds.size.height - 5;
float width = self.bounds.size.width - 5;
_textView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5,5,width,height)];
}
return _textView;
}
You'll also want to add them to the parent view somewhere.