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iOS

Posted by Robert Conti
Robert Conti
23,274 Points

Self-Destruct MSG App Code Challenge: Help debug my code!

The code challenge prompts: In our view controller below we want to sign up new users for our app. In the signup method, start by capturing the username and password from two UITextField properties: 'usernameField' and 'passwordField'. Store the values in the properties 'username' and 'password'.

I have coded the following in the SignupViewController.m file in the signup method:

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

@implementation SignupViewController

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

@end

This model follows the project structure identically, so why doesn't this work? Am I missing something?

1 Answer

Kristen Law
Kristen Law
16,244 Points

It looks like the code challenge is asking you to store the values in already existing properties, so you don't need to create new variables, just access them using self.

See below:

self.username = self.usernameField.text;
self.password = self.passwordField.text;
Robert Conti
Robert Conti
23,274 Points

Wow, that simple. Thanks Kristen!