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iOS

Posted by Gregg Mojica
Gregg Mojica
11,506 Points

Parse: Detect User

So I'm working on a Parse project. I want to be able to detect the username and if it is a certain username (for instance, if the username is me, gregg, then is would do something). I have the general gist of how to do this down, by using a conditional and the == operator. I'd really appreciate if anyone could show me how to do this.

2 Answers

patrick tagliaferro
patrick tagliaferro
5,399 Points
patrick tagliaferro
patrick tagliaferro
5,399 Points

I am new to this but couldn't you do something like

PFUser *currentUser = [PFUser currentUser];
NSString *userName = currentUser.username;

if ([username isEqual:@"greg"]){
  //do something
}
Gregg Mojica
Gregg Mojica
11,506 Points

Thanks!

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

since username is a string you will most likely need to use the isEqualToString method. try something like:

if ([[[PFUser currentUser] username] isEqualToString:@"gregg"]) {

}