How to identify view with NSString tag?

Question

view.tag is only stored NSInteger Value.

so, how to identify each view with NSString Value?

not avaliable?

some example:

view0.stringTag = @"basic";

view1.stringTag = @"advanced";

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '11 at 07:33

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There's no stringTag property on UIView. If you need to do this kind of thing you can use a category on UIView and store the tag in an associated object:

@interface UIView (StringTagAdditions)
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *stringTag;
@end

@implementation UIView (StringTagAdditions)
static NSString *kStringTagKey = @"StringTagKey";
- (NSString *)stringTag
{
    return objc_getAssociatedObject(self, kStringTagKey);
}
- (void)setStringTag:(NSString *)stringTag
{
    objc_setAssociatedObject(self, kStringTagKey, stringTag, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_COPY_NONATOMIC);
}
@end

answered Oct 25 '11 at 07:33

Nikolai Ruhe

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@NikolaiRuhe what about viewWithTag method because it get's integer value as parameter?- (UIView *)viewWithTag:(NSInteger)tag; – iamVishal16 Jul 17 '15 at 13:29
For those using Swift, another cool solution would be to use an extension – Script Kitty Apr 14 '18 at 16:39
This was useful, thanks! I had to change `static NSString *kStringTagKey = @"StringTagKey";` to `static const char *kStringTagKey = "StringTagKey"; ` – Nikolay Dimitrov Feb 14 '19 at 08:15

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 22 '12 at 15:14

if use ARC

#import "UIView.h"
#import <objc/runtime.h>

@implementation UIView (StringTagAdditions)
static NSString *kStringTagKey = @"StringTagKey";
- (NSString *)stringTag
{
    return objc_getAssociatedObject(self, CFBridgingRetain(kStringTagKey));
}
- (void)setStringTag:(NSString *)stringTag
{
    objc_setAssociatedObject(self, CFBridgingRetain(kStringTagKey), stringTag, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_COPY_NONATOMIC);
}

@end

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 25 '11 at 07:32

No, you can't use a string. If you are aiming for code readability, you could use an enum. Be sure to start your enum from 1, though, as 0 is the default tag for all views:

typedef enum {
    vtBasic = 1,
    vtAdvanced
} ViewType;
...
view0.tag = vtBasic;

Geri Borbás · Answer 4 · 2014-02-18T15:59:12.710

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Use restorationIdentifier.

// Supposing iOS 6.0+
view0.restorationIdentifier = @"basic";
view1.restorationIdentifier = @"advanced";

edited Feb 18 '14 at 15:59

answered Feb 18 '14 at 15:10

Geri Borbás

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Hijacking `restorationIdentifier` for this might interfere with unrelated stuff. – Nikolai Ruhe Jun 18 '15 at 19:07

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 25 '11 at 07:28

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it's not supported directly. you could of course create a C array, a NSArray, a NSDictionary, or something like that to accomplish this (in conjunction with the int tag).

answered Oct 25 '11 at 07:28

justin

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 25 '11 at 07:28

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This is only possible if you subclass your own UIView with a stringTag property. What is your reason for doing this?

answered Oct 25 '11 at 07:28

Dries De Smet

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score -1 · Answer 7 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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Simplest solution by far: Link to my answer for a similar question

Try setting the accessibility identifier property of your UIView:

UIView *view;
view.accessibilityIdentifier = @"your string here";
NSLog(@"%@", view.accessibilityIdentifier);

Output => your string here

This behaves just like the "tag" property but allows you to use NSString

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

Community

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answered Feb 15 '15 at 21:31

Max Friedman

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It's a misuse of the API – Adam Waite Aug 05 '15 at 15:40
What's the use? (no pun intended) @AdamWaite – Max Friedman Aug 05 '15 at 15:53

score -2 · Answer 8 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

First, you never use tags as it is. Always do it like this possibly in a .h file(best practice, IMHO. ):

#define MY_VIEW_A 10001
#define MY_VIEW_B 10002

Then, when creating views:

view0.tag = MY_VIEW_A
view1.tag = MY_VIEW_B

Then, where you want to find the view:

UIView *viewA = [mainView viewWithTag:MY_VIEW_A]; //this will be the view0 you created.

Alternatively, you can define a hash function that converts NSString to some Integer that can be assigned as a tag. E.g.

- (int) tagForName:(NSString*)name;

and then also,

- (NSString*) nameForTag:(int)tag;

I leave it up to you to define the hash function.

Using enums is a far better way to do it. – Abizern Jan 23 '12 at 11:05 — Abizern, Jan 23 '12 at 11:05

SriPriya · Answer 9 · 2011-10-25T08:33:07.563

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If you want to compare NSStrings,

if([view0.stringTag isEqualToString:@"basic"]){
  // 
}

as like

if(view0.tag==0){
//
}

where stringTag is an NSString variable to be defined in the views and assigned value to compare

edited Oct 25 '11 at 08:33

answered Oct 25 '11 at 07:32

SriPriya

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