How to change a button's title programmatically

Question

I have a Master-DetailView project and i need to change a button's title by an array like i do here :

import UIKit
import AVFoundation
import MapKit

class TemplateTestViewController: UIViewController,MKMapViewDelegate {

    @IBOutlet var ProfileMapView: MKMapView!
    @IBOutlet var BarOrClubLabel: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet var HeaderProfileName: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet var HeaderprofileImage: UIImageView!
    @IBOutlet var StreetProfileLabel: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet var ProfilePhoneNumberLabel: UIButton!
    @IBOutlet var WorkTimeLabel: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet var AgeLabel: UILabel!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        //Set Ups the Image Template :
        HeaderprofileImage.image = UIImage(named: ProfileImages[MyIndex])
        //Sets Up The BIG Name Template :
        HeaderProfileName.text = ProfileNames[MyIndex]
        //Sets Up The Navigation Bar Name :
        navigationItem.title = ProfileNames[MyIndex]
        //Sets Up Street Text :
        StreetProfileLabel.text = ProfileStreets[MyIndex]
        //Sets Up Bar Or Club Text :
        BarOrClubLabel.text = ProfileBarOrClub[MyIndex]
        //Sets Up Age Text :
        AgeLabel.text = AgeText[MyIndex]

I TRIED :

ProfilePhoneNumberLabel.setTitle(ProfilePhoneNumbers[MyIndex], for: UIControlState.normal)

AND IT DIDNT CHANGE.

is there a way to do something like that ? and if so can someone show me how to ? thanks ahead

@Mannopson look what i tried it didn't work for me – Newbie Questions Apr 18 '17 at 01:12 — Newbie Questions, Apr 18 '17 at 01:12
Where did you try that call to `setTitle`? – rmaddy Apr 18 '17 at 01:13 — rmaddy, Apr 18 '17 at 01:13
I tried didnt work for some reason – Newbie Questions Apr 18 '17 at 01:21 — Newbie Questions, Apr 18 '17 at 01:21
@rmaddy Does the title has to be plain to change by code? – Newbie Questions Apr 18 '17 at 01:26 — Newbie Questions, Apr 18 '17 at 01:26

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '17 at 01:28

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Well....This is awkward but you have to set your UIButton title to Plain in storyboard to have it changed

ProfilePhoneNumberLabel.setTitle(PhoneNumbers[MyIndex], for: .normal)

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Plain UIButton Title

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Happy Camper

answered Apr 18 '17 at 01:28

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '17 at 01:13

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Here's how you set the title for ProfilePhoneNumberLabel

ProfilePhoneNumberLabel.setTitle(PhoneNumbers[MyIndex], for: .normal)

The for parameter lets you set the text for the button in various states. In most cases, setting the title for the normal state should be enough.

answered Apr 18 '17 at 01:13

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This is the same code posted in the question. How does this solve the problem? – rmaddy Apr 18 '17 at 01:14
yep , didn't work for me already – Newbie Questions Apr 18 '17 at 01:16
Does the title has to be plain to change by code? – Newbie Questions Apr 18 '17 at 01:26
Yes, it should be plain — I didn’t realize that your button wasn’t. I see from another answer that you got it working. Good luck with your project! – Joey deVilla Apr 18 '17 at 02:23

How to change a button's title programmatically

I TRIED :

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