passing data between view controllers in storyboards

Question

there are two view controllers with an embedded navigation controller. the 1st one has a table view. the second one, named "AfterTableViewController" has a label in it.

I wanna be able to set the label, in the prepareForSegue method which is in the 1st view controller implementation file.

-(void) prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender
{
   AfterTableViewController *afc = (AfterTableViewController*) segue.destinationViewController;
    afc.title = @"the title"; // this works
    afc.theLabel.text = @"hello"; // this doesn't work
}

how should I set the label?

Answer 1

Seeing as you are only trying to set the text value of the label, it would be best to create an other NSString property for this UILabel's text in your AfterTableViewController and then use it when constructing theLabel.

Answer 2

You have to make sure to add theLabel as a (synthesized) property within the AfterTableViewController for this to work.