iOS UILabel setText Method?!?!

[littletone2002]

Straight and to the point:

I'm trying to update the text in a UILabel and I know this code works:

[myLabel setText:@"Hello World"];

but I only know it works because I saw it done, where can I find the documentation on the setText method for UILabel, I looked at the developer documentation for the UIlabel class here. But i see no mention of setText in it or in any of its inherited classes.

 

[kainjow]

It's declared as a @property text, which at compile time creates the setText method.

 

[simon-says]

If you look at the UILabel class you will see a property called text.

@property(nonatomic, copy) NSString *text

In objective-c 2.0 came declared properties, which can automatically create your setters and/or getters. Check out the documentation on it.

http://developer.apple.com/mac/libr...ceptual/objectivec/articles/ocProperties.html

Edit: Looks like kainjow beat me to it.