Can't access the IBOutlets of my custom cell on cellForRowAtIndexPath - ios

Question

I made a custom cell with a XIB:
.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface TWCustomCell : UITableViewCell {
IBOutlet UILabel *nick;
IBOutlet UITextView *tweetText;
}
#end
.m
#import "TWCustomCell.h"
#implementation TWCustomCell
- (id)initWithStyle:(UITableViewCellStyle)style reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
self = [super initWithStyle:style reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
if (self) {
// Initialization code
}
return self;
}
- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated
{
[super setSelected:selected animated:animated];
// Configure the view for the selected state
}
#end
And I load them in cellForRowAtIndexPath: in this way:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)_tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
TWCustomCell *cell = (TWCustomCell*)[self.tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
//UITableViewCell *cell = [self.tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
NSArray *topLevelObject = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:#"TWCustomCell" owner:nil options:nil];
for (id currentObject in topLevelObject) {
if([currentObject isKindOfClass:[UITableViewCell class]]) {
cell = (TWCustomCell*) currentObject;
break;
}
}
}
// Configure the cell...
cell.tweetText.text = [tweets objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
return cell;
}
On cell.tweetText.text = [tweets objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
On the dot after cell, Xcode tells me_ "Property 'tweetText' not found on object of type 'TWCustomCell *'; did you mean to access ivar 'tweetText'?" and tells me to replace it with
cell->tweetText.text. But there appears the error: "Semantic Issue: Instance variable 'tweetText' is protected". What do I have to do?

Answer 1

You didn't declare a property that will allow access to the IBOutlets outside of the class with the dot syntax.
Here's how i would do it:
in your .h file:
#property (nonatomic, readonly) UILabel *nick;
#property (nonatomic, readonly) UITextView *tweetText;
in the .m:
#synthesize nick, tweetText;
Or you could remove the ivar IBOutlets and declare the properties as retain and IBOutlets like this:
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UILabel *nick;
#property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITextView *tweetText;

Answer 2

The problem was with my custom cell ivars:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface TWCustomCell : UITableViewCell {
//added here #public and you can access them now
#public
IBOutlet UILabel *nick;
IBOutlet UITextView *tweetText;
}
#end