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iOS Components and Frameworks: Understanding the Advanced Features of the iOS SDK
by Kyle Richter, Joe Keeley
November 2013
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
19h 3m
English
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Dot Notation
Introduced with Objective-C 2.0, dot notation provides a simple mechanism for accessing properties that have accessor methods. To get the value of a property, use this:
UIImage *image = self.myImage;
To set the value of a property, use this:
self.myString = @"Another string";
Dot notation can be strung together to simplify accessing or updating values for nested objects.
self.myView.myLabel.text = @"Label Title";
Note
ARC memory qualifiers set on properties do not protect against retain cycles. A retain cycle is when two objects have strong references to each other, and the compiler is never able to release them. An example of this is a delegate ...
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