SecureText in UITableViewCell (Textlabel)

Question

How can I set the label of my UITableViewCell to "SecureText"?

[cell.textLabel setText:@"passwordNotShown"];

Answer 1

UILabel doesn't have a secure property, you'll have to create a custom cell with a non-editable UITextField with the secure property set.

Answer 2

UILabel doesn't have 'secure entry' how about setting masked string as label text?

NSString *secretText = @"sekert";
NSMutableString *masked = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
for (int i=0; i < [secretText count] ; i++)
    [masked appendString:@"*"];  // 

cell.textLabel.text = masked;
[masked release];

Answer 3

You might use a category:

@interface UILabel (SecureText)
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *secureText;
@end
@implementation UILabel (SecureText)
- (void)setSecureText:(NSString *)newText {
    NSMutableString *securedMutableText = [NSMutableString new];
    for (int i = 0; i < [newText length]; i++) {
        [securedMutableText appendString:@"*"];
    }
    self.text = securedMutableText;
}
- (NSString *)secureText {
    return self.text;
}
@end

and then use it like this:

[cell.textLabel setSecureText:@"passwordNotShown"];