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iOS

Posted by brookemylander
brookemylander
6,009 Points

Creating IBOutlets - Build a Simple iphone app with swift 2.0

I'm having issues setting funfactlabel.text equal to "an interesting fact". Everytime I try to add the line of code I get an error saying "expected declaration". Here is what my code looks like without the funfactlabel.text code:

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

}
@IBOutlet var funfactlabel: [UILabel]!

override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
    super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

}

1 Answer

Grant Jason
Grant Jason
10,713 Points

Hey Brooke,

Try placing the IBOutlet for the label at the very top of the ViewController class. The complier may not recognize the declaration because you're using the method on something the compiler hasn't established yet just because the declaration comes after the use.