iOS What is a label?

[tvinshan]

Im new to programming, bear with me 🙂

What is the reason to make a label? Watched some tutorials where they made such thing, but didn't explain for what purpose. Isn't it the same as adding a button and have it do it an action when pressed?

 

[thedon1]

A label is something that's usually read only (the user doesn't edit the text).

You might have a text box where a user would enter age and label next to it with the text "Please enter age".

You don't typically click on a label and expect it to do something like you would a button. It's usually not interactive.

A full explanation can be found on Apples website.

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/reference/UILabel_Class/Reference/UILabel.html

 

[tvinshan]

Wow, thanks for the good and fast reply 🙂

 

[xArtx]

I can't see any reason why the string in a label can't be dynamic.
So it could be a game score, etc. that changes all the time.
The label is an object containing a string among other things like the window size,
and position on the screen.

It's not user interactive, but your app should be able to change it.
I really should learn this iOS stuff one day.

 

[thedon1]

I can't see any reason why the string in a label can't be dynamic.
So it could be a game score, etc. that changes all the time.
The label is an object containing a string among other things like the window size,
and position on the screen.

It's not user interactive, but your app should be able to change it.
I really should learn this iOS stuff one day.

I didn't say it had to be static, I just said the user doesn't edit the text. Maybe I should have said directly doesn't edit the text.

I agree with the point you're making, I just wanted to give a typical/ basic example of a label as the user seems quite new to the sdk.

 

[PriapusZA]

I can't see any reason why the string in a label can't be dynamic.
So it could be a game score, etc. that changes all the time.
The label is an object containing a string among other things like the window size,
and position on the screen.

It's not user interactive, but your app should be able to change it.
I really should learn this iOS stuff one day.

You're completely correct there.

You can update / change the labels text based on events that happen in the game For example a game score, card counts, that sort of thing.

You access the label though an IBOutlet and just use an NSString property. Very simple.

 

[xArtx]

I didn't say it had to be static, I just said the user doesn't edit the text. Maybe I should have said directly doesn't edit the text.

I agree with the point you're making, I just wanted to give a typical/ basic example of a label as the user seems quite new to the sdk.

I didn't say what you did or did not say. It's totally cool.
I hardly remember whether or not I've used one 😀

 

[thedon1]

I didn't say what you did or did not say. It's totally cool.
I hardly remember whether or not I've used one 😀

Ok sorry then, I thought your first reply was aimed at me.