UITextField does not show the assigned string

Question

Hi all,

In my project (my first one) I try to assign a text to a textfield created in the Interface Builder.

[date setText:@"2010"];

I also tried using

date.text = @"2010"

I have created the Outlet and don't get any error... the text just doesn't show up.

Just in case it matters... I prevent the keyboard from showing up and display a calendar instead (works).

Any idea what could be wrong?
Could it be a problem that I'm using delegate methods on the textFields to prevent displaying the keyboard?

Answer 1

Where are you trying to do this? In init method? Then it won't work as the IBOutlet connections are yet to be made. Try this in viewDidLoad method.

Answer 2

If you don't want to edit text using a keyboard, then what is the use of UITextField? Instead of using UITextField you can use a UILabel (as a global variable) to show the text and use a custom UIButton without a title and use its action for showing the calendar view. You can change the text of the label whenever you want in that class like viewWillAppear or viewDidAppear.