Access variable through classes in objective-c

Question

In my project, my first view is a loging one, and I would like to get the username for example into others classes. I don't really know how I can get it in other classes, I searched in stackoverflow and didn't find (I tried several things but it didn't work) I give you how I tried to do this:

login.h

@interface loginViewController:UIViewController <UITextfieldDelegate>{

    IBOutlet UITextField *usernameField;
    IBOutlet UITextField *passwordField;
    IBOutlet UIButton *loginButton;
    NSString *user;

}
@property (nonatomic, retain) UITextField *usernameField;
@property (nonatomic, retain) UITextField *passwordField;
@property (nonatomic, retain) UIButton *loginButton;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *user;
- (IBAction)login: (id) sender;
- (NSString *)user;

@end

login.m

@implementation LoginViewController

@synthesize usernameField;
@synthesize passwordField;
@synthesize loginButton;

- (IBAction) login: (id) sender{
    user=[[NSString alloc ]initWithFormat:@"%@",usernameField.text];
    //...I put here my login code...

    }

- (NSString *)user{
    return user;
    }

home.m

@implementation homeViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad 
{
[super viewDidLoad];
user2 = LoginViewController.user ;   //I tried this after the advice given below, still not working
user2 = LoginViewController.usernameField.text;   //same

NSLog(@"user: %@",user2);

}

I will need this value in all of my project, to display the informations about the client which is connected.

I just need a tip or a sample code I can work with.

Edit: I changed my code following the advices given, tell me if I missed something

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 14 '11 at 10:28

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Two things:

Your main problem is that you declared a method that takes a sender argument (getUser:(id)sender), but are sending a message with no colon or arguments (getUser). Those are two totally different things.
Accessors in Objective-C should not start with get — it means something else. The selector (which is basically the Objective-C term for method names) should just be user. So:
```
- (NSString *)user {
    return user;
}
```

answered Feb 14 '11 at 10:28

Chuck

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ok thanks for this explanation, I think I need to read more about accessors and selectors. Once I've done that, how should I call the "user" method to get my string user? like Aditya told me? – ciwol Feb 14 '11 at 10:52
it still doesn't work and I can't work without it, is there something else to help? thx – ciwol Mar 01 '11 at 08:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 14 '11 at 10:21

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Create an object of your class loginViewController in homeViewController.

Then get or set the value of the login variable as per your requirment.

Assuming that you need a NSString in your homeViewController,Create an object of loginViewController in homeViewController.

anyRequiredVariable=login.usernameField.text;//Assuming that login is the object of loginViewController Class.

This will solve your problem.

Cheers

answered Feb 14 '11 at 10:21

Aditya

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I tried to do like you said me but it seems I cannot access like that to my loginViewController, I still have an error (Request for member 'text' in something not a structure or union) I tried: userTest = LoginViewController.usernameField.text; where userTest is a NSString. Tell me if I missed something – ciwol Feb 14 '11 at 10:45

Access variable through classes in objective-c

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