setting new properties in category interface/implementation

Question

Ok, so I have this, but it wont work:

@interface UILabel (touches)

@property (nonatomic) BOOL isMethodStep;

@end


@implementation UILabel (touches)

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Answer 1

There is actually a way, which may not be ideal, but does work.
For it to work, you will need to create a category for a class X and can only be used on subclasses of the same X (e.g. category UIView (Background) can be used with class MyView : UIView, but not directly with UIView)

// UIView+Background.h

@interface UIView (Background)

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSString *hexColor;

- (void)someMethodThatUsesHexColor;

@end

// UIView+Background.h

@implementation UIView (Background)

@dynamic hexColor; // Must be declared as dynamic

- (void)someMethodThatUsesHexColor {
    NSLog(@"Color %@", self.hexColor);
}

@end

Then

// MyView.m

#import "UIView+Background.h"

@interface MyView : UIView

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSString *hexColor;

@end

@implementation MyView ()

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [self setHexColor:@"#BABACA"];
    [self someMethodThatUsesHexColor];
}

@end

Using this method, you will need to "redeclare" your properties, but after that, you can do all of its manipulation inside your category.