awakeFromNib Returning Null UILabel Values

Question

I am using a custom cell inside my table view. I have a view and I have a button inside that view that when the cell loads it checks if the array contains a labels text inside the cell. When I try get the text of a label it returns an empty value, if I click the button which has the same method to get the text contained it works just fine and gives me the text of the label.

Attached is the code

#import "TableViewCellSchedule.h"

@implementation TableViewCellSchedule
@synthesize name = _name;
@synthesize time = _time;
@synthesize pic = _pic;
@synthesize text = _text;
@synthesize scheduleID = _scheduleID;
NSMutableArray *favid;

- (void)awakeFromNib {
    [super awakeFromNib];
    // Initialization code
    NSUserDefaults *userDefaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
    favid = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
    NSMutableArray *temparray = [userDefaults objectForKey:@"favid"];
    if(temparray.count > 0){
        favid = [temparray mutableCopy];
        if([temparray containsObject:self.scheduleID.text]){
            NSLog(@"set image here, id is: %@", self.scheduleID.text);
        }
        else{
            NSLog(@"change image back here, id is: %@", self.scheduleID.text);
        }
    }
    NSLog(@"welcome, array is: %@", favid);
}
- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated {
    [super setSelected:selected animated:animated];

    // Configure the view for the selected state
}

- (IBAction)addfav {

    if([favid containsObject:self.scheduleID.text]){
        NSLog(@"contained already");
    }
    else{
         NSLog(@"not contained");
        [favid addObject:self.scheduleID.text];
        NSUserDefaults *userDefaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
        [userDefaults setObject:favid forKey:@"favid"];
        [userDefaults synchronize];
    }
    //NSLog(@"schedule id is: %@", self.scheduleID.text);
    //NSLog(@"fav log: %@", favid);
}
@end

Answer 1

This is because scheduleID label is not yet constructed and assigned the value to , you can do this by creating a property to hold the same value and set it in cellForRowAt OR move that whole check code in cellForRow and compare the value that should be assigned to the label directly with the array