Build a Playlist Browser with Swift Recap of iOS Basics Challenge

Challenge Link:

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-playlist-browser-with-swift/working-with-multiple-view-controllers/a-recap-with-uibutton

Challenge Task 1 of 1

Let’s assume we have an IBOutlet of type UIButton, named timerButton, as a property in the ViewController.swift file. In the viewDidLoad method, set the title of the button to “Start” for the state configuration Normal. Hint: Check out the UIButton class reference

Does this challenge sound familiar?

It should.

It's basically worded almost the same as this challenge:

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-playlist-browser-with-objectivec/working-with-multiple-view-controllers/uibutton-recap

Let’s assume we have an IBOutlet of type UIButton, named timerButton, as a property in our view controller header file. In the implementation file, set the title of the button to “Start!” for the state configuration UIControlStateNormal. Hint: Check out the UIButton class reference in the documentation.

So all you have to do is search the forum for "setTitle:@"Start!" to bring up these posts:

https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/help-with-ios

https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/settintcolor-method-objective-c-playlist-builder-code-challenge-answers-i-figured-it-out

...and you'll find this line:

[self.timerButton setTitle:@"Start!" forState:UIControlStateNormal];

..so you paste that into this challenge (changing "Start!" to "Start" of course)

and it gives you this error:

Bummer! You need to use the setTitle method on timerButton

So what gives!

It took me more than a moment to realize what was going on...

This is one of those new Swift courses (not an Objective-C course!)

Yes..they both deal with mobile iOS, but they use different coding.

Oh no (you say) ...now I've got to forget everything I've learned on Treehouse about Objective-C.

Sorry, 'fraid so!

(clearing neural-net wetware cache now...done!)

Thus I had to go back to the video:

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-playlist-browser-with-swift/working-with-multiple-view-controllers/recap-of-ios-basics

At around time index 06:16, you'll see this line:

aButton.setTitle("Press me!", forState: .Normal) 

Which means (translating that into what the challenge wants) the line should be something like:

timerButton.setTitle("Start", forState: .Normal)

...and suddenly you've passed what is probably your first Swift coded challenge.

Happy Coding!