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Currently I have a view UIView *myView;. I would like to add data to the view by saying something like myView.stringdata = @"whatever";. How can I do this? Sorry for the simple question I'm new to Xcode.

Answer 1

You can't add random data to views. You can subclass UIView if you want and add a property to the class and store your string there. Or you could make a property in the ViewController that is driving your UIVIew and assign the string to it.

Answer 2

You cannot add data to an instance of a class if the class does not have an ivar + accessor or a property for it.

You need to use one of the following approaches:

Subclass Category Delegate Associative Objects Composition Collections

All of these involve modifying the class as a whole in your app (or any app if it were a framework class in a framework visible at the user or system level) or they involve creating new classes or association by being in collection member.