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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 drewmeador
drewmeador
2,805 Points

Help with code challenge

#import "SignupViewController.h"
#import <Parse/Parse.h>

@implementation SignupViewController

- (IBAction)signup:(id)sender {
    NSString *username = self.usernameField.text;
        NSString *password = self.passwordField.text;
}

@end

I have also tried the stringWithTrimmingCharactersInSet similar to the previous video and that one doesn't work either. Is it not working because I am trying to store the values as strings?

3 Answers

Elias Thanasopoulos
Elias Thanasopoulos
32,286 Points
Elias Thanasopoulos
Elias Thanasopoulos
32,286 Points

can you try this:

'- (IBAction)login:(id)sender { NSString *username = [self.usernameField.text stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]]; NSString *password = [self.passwordField.text stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]]; }'

drewmeador
drewmeador
2,805 Points

Yes, I did try this as well since this is the way it was done in the previous video but I get the feed back Bummer! Make sure you set both the 'username' and 'password' properties!

Ezequiel Amaya
Ezequiel Amaya
3,094 Points
Ezequiel Amaya
Ezequiel Amaya
3,094 Points

Are the textFields on the viewController in the storyboard connected to the properties on the .h file? This link https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/StringsTextFonts/Conceptual/TextAndWebiPhoneOS/ManageTextFieldTextViews/ManageTextFieldTextViews.html could be of some for you in how to use textFields.

drewmeador
drewmeador
2,805 Points
drewmeador
drewmeador
2,805 Points

I figured out the answer I just had one question regarding this. In the video Ben assigned the username and password to a string. If I use the following code what is it being stored as? Does the .text make it a string? self.username = self.userNameField.text;