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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App with Swift Views and View Controllers IBActions and IBOutlets

Posted by Daniel Mugandiri
Daniel Mugandiri
2,578 Points

Assume we are creating an app that tells us random quotes. We have a label in our view that's connected to our view cont

Assume we are creating an app that tells us random quotes. We have a label in our view that's connected to our view controller using an IBOutlet. We also have a button connected to the quoteButtonPressed() action. When we tap the button, we want to show the user a quote. Assign the string "A stitch in time saves nine." to the quoteLabel.

random_quote.swift 
class viewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var quoteLabel: UILabel!

    @IBAction func quoteButtonPressed() {
        quoteLable.text = "A stitch in time saves nine."
    }

}

2 Answers

Holger Liesegang
Holger Liesegang
50,595 Points
Holger Liesegang
Holger Liesegang
50,595 Points

Hi Daniel,

you only misspelled quoteLabel by mistake:

class viewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var quoteLabel: UILabel!

    @IBAction func quoteButtonPressed() {
        //Your code here!
        quoteLabel.text = "A stitch in time saves nine."
    }

}
Daniel Mugandiri
Daniel Mugandiri
2,578 Points

Many thanks Holger and Steve

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

You have mis-typed quoteLabel! Switch the last two letters around.

Steve.