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iOS Build a Self-Destructing Message iPhone App Using Parse.com as a Backend and Adding Users Signing Up New Users: Part 2 (PFUser)

Posted by Tossy Kelly
Tossy Kelly
Courses Plus Student 2,069 Points

cannot set username and password from text field inputs

create a user, stage 1 of 4 challenge: Tree House compiler does not accept my solution. '''objective c NSString *username = self.usernameField.text; NSString *password = self.passwordField.text; '''

3 Answers

Gareth Borcherds
Gareth Borcherds
9,372 Points
Gareth Borcherds
Gareth Borcherds
9,372 Points

The challenge doesn't tell you to create a NSString named password and username and store the values to it, it tells you to store the values in properties named username and password, which means that in our .h file we would have something like:

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *username;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *password;

So that means we simply need to access that property and set it's value, just like you are doing, but just do it to the properties already created for us. (I know it's confusing...)

- (IBAction)signup:(id)sender {
    self.username = self.usernameField.text;
    self.password = self.passwordField.text;
}
Alex Cevallos
Alex Cevallos
16,551 Points
Alex Cevallos
Alex Cevallos
16,551 Points

hey there! remove the * from *username and *password and try that, could you post the question again?

Soojin Ro
Soojin Ro
13,331 Points
Soojin Ro
Soojin Ro
13,331 Points

What's with the "objective c" in the beginning?

Gareth Borcherds
Gareth Borcherds
9,372 Points
Gareth Borcherds
Gareth Borcherds
9,372 Points

The objective-c comes from trying to use markdown unsuccessfully, it looks like she used an apostrophe instead of a back tick to create the code blocks that I created below.