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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App with Swift 2.0 View Controllers and Views Creating IBOutlets

Posted by John Power
John Power
9,371 Points

funFactLabel.text

Value of type 'UIButton' has no member 'text'

I entered the code below in xcode (from the video) and received the above error. Can anyone help?

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

@IBOutlet weak var funFactLabel: UIButton!

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    funFactLabel.text = "An interesting fact!"

}

1 Answer

Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points
Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points

Hey John Power,

This is because you did not create a label, you created a button. You need to delete an recreate this IBOutlet as a UILabel. You also need to delete the reference to this outlet in the storyboard. Basically, delete it from your storyboard and in your viewController file. Recreate the outlet on a UILabel instead.

// Problem is here
@IBOutlet weak var funFactLabel: UIButton! // <--- needs to be a UILabel!

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    funFactLabel.text = "An interesting fact!"

}

Good Luck!

John Power
John Power
9,371 Points

That worked! Thanks Steven!