One IBOutlet for two UILabels

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I have two views within one .xib (one view for landscape, another for portrait). How can I use the same IBOutlet I've defined in @interface section for both labels if they have the same functionality. (ctrl+dragging to both of them does'n help-each time I drag to second, the first one loses its outlet).

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 31 '10 at 15:21

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You can't. IBOutlet is an (UILabel?) object that must store reference to UI element. Naturally single object cannot reference to two different objects.

answered Mar 31 '10 at 15:21

Vladimir

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Did anybody come up with a better answer for how to do this, I'm having the same issue with outlets. – Alan Moore May 15 '12 at 22:44
@AlanMoore, you can use IBOutletCollection that can store a bunch of UI objects of the same class – Vladimir May 16 '12 at 06:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 13 '15 at 15:16

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Yes, of-course you can do this using IBOutletCollection instead of IBOutlet.

IBOutletCollection(UILabel) NSArray *labels;

Use the array to access all labels at runtime.

answered May 13 '15 at 15:16

Nirav Dangi

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