UIView viewWithTag 0 problem

Question

On view in IB I have numerous items (including view itself). ONLY one item has tag 0, yet following line works for ANY UITextBox other then the one with tag 0. Note that onl

Answer 1

set self tag as -1. won't affect other view's tag.

Answer 2

actually, if you ask a view called "X" for a viewwithtag 'zero', you will probably get the "X" view as the return value :/ idiotic behaviour. send regards to apple

Answer 3

All views have a 0 tag as a default so if you get a 0 view it could be any view. For it to work you need to use non-zero values that you set in your program or within Interface builder.

Answer 4

que is right. I just got bit by this.

From the docs:

Discussion This method searches the current view and all of its subviews for the specified view.

At least it's documented correctly. I guess we need a method called "subviewWithTag:"