Can UIView be copied?

Question

Simply using this way:

UIView* view2 = [view1 copy]; // view1 existed

This will cause simulator can not launch this app.

Try retai

Answer 1

You can make method something like this:

-(UILabel*)copyLabelFrom:(UILabel*)label{
//add whatever needs to be copied
UILabel *newLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:label.frame];
newLabel.backgroundColor = label.backgroundColor;
newLabel.textColor = label.textColor;
newLabel.textAlignment = label.textAlignment;
newLabel.text = label.text;
newLabel.font = label.font;

return [newLabel autorelease];

}

Then you can set your ivar to the return value and retain it like so:

myLabel = [[self copyLabelFrom:myOtherLabel] retain];