How to get the text out of a WKInterfaceLabel

Question

It seems that labels are a bit different on the Apple Watch!

I have the following label created :

@IBOutlet weak var playerNameLabel: WKInterfaceLabel!

Then writing the label is no problem (with the "setText" method)

let someString = "Hello"
playerNameLabel.setText(someString)

But how do I get the text out of such a Label into a String-constant ???

I tried:

let plaerName_firstTrial: String = playerNameLabel.description  // some weird stuff
let plaerName_secondTrial: String = playerNameLabel.text // error
let plaerName_thirdTrial: String = playerNameLabel // error
let plaerName_fourthTrial: String = ?????

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 26 '15 at 14:44

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According to https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/WatchKit/Reference/WKInterfaceLabel_class/

They only seem to allow setting the text, not getting it (programmatically).

answered May 26 '15 at 14:44

valheru

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Thank you! Therefore I need to have my own property that keeps track of the LabelText. Hmm,..., well then... – iKK May 26 '15 at 14:52
yeah kinda odd but I'm guessing as watch kit grows , a lot will change. – valheru May 26 '15 at 15:23
In severals days, you'll be able to do it :) WWDC2015 – Van Du Tran May 26 '15 at 15:43
on the cusp of 2019 and you still can't do it. – axa Dec 02 '18 at 06:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '15 at 06:53

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WKInterfacLabel has only setter property and no getter property as defined by Apple.

Check this WKInterfaceLabel class declaration :

answered Dec 23 '15 at 06:53

Jayprakash Dubey

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How to get the text out of a WKInterfaceLabel

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