UILabel text from touchesbegan event - objective-c

Question

By what method possible can I discover the text from a UILabel using the touchesBegan event?
The current code so far is...
- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
CGPoint locationPoint = [[touches anyObject] locationInView:self.view];
UIView* viewYouWishToObtain = [self.view hitTest:locationPoint withEvent:event];
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//insert code here to get currentLabel - not using viewYouWishToObtain.tag
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NSLog(#"text: %#", currentLabel.text);
}
I wish I could simply write these... but these are all nefarious for different devious reasons
UILabel* currentLabel = [self.view hitTest:locationPoint withEvent:event];
NSLog(#"text: %#", currentLabel.text);
NSLog(#"text: %#",[self.view hitTest:locationPoint withEvent:event].text);
UILabel *newlabel = (UILabel*) event;
NSLog(#"text: %#", newlabel.text);
This is almost functionally equivalent code, but the general functionality is now dependent on NSDictionary.
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
NSArray* myword=[NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"h",#"e",#"l",#"l",#"o",nil];
NSDictionary *letterToNumber;
letterToNumber = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
#"0", #"a",
#"1", #"b",
#"2", #"c",
#"3", #"d",
#"4", #"e",
#"5", #"f",
#"6", #"g",
#"7", #"h",
#"8", #"i",
#"9", #"j",
#"10", #"k",
#"11", #"l",
#"12", #"m",
#"13", #"n",
#"14", #"o",
#"15", #"p",
#"16", #"q",
#"17", #"r",
#"18", #"s",
#"19", #"t",
#"20", #"u",
#"21", #"v",
#"22", #"w",
#"23", #"x",
#"24", #"y",
#"25", #"z",
nil];
NSUInteger characterCount = [myword count];
for (int i=0;i<characterCount ;i++){
UILabel*myLabel;
myLabel=[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake((1+i)*35.0, 100.0, 30.0, 30.0)];
myLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
myLabel.text= [myword objectAtIndex:i];
myLabel.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
myLabel.tag=100+[[letterToNumber objectForKey:[myword objectAtIndex:i]] integerValue];
[self.view addSubview:myLabel];
}
}
- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
NSLog(#"1");
CGPoint locationPoint = [[touches anyObject] locationInView:self.view];
UIView* viewYouWishToObtain = [self.view hitTest:locationPoint withEvent:event];
NSArray*myarray;
myarray = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"a",#"b",#"c",#"d",#"e",#"f",#"g",#"h",#"i",#"j",#"k",#"l",#"m",#"n",#"o",#"p",#"q",#"r",#"s",#"t",#"u",#"v",#"w",#"x",#"y",#"z",nil];
NSUInteger temp = viewYouWishToObtain.tag;
if (temp >= 100){
NSLog(#"text: %#",[myarray objectAtIndex:temp-100]);
}
if ([touch view] != viewYouWishToObtain && (viewYouWishToObtain.tag >= 100)) {
if ([touch tapCount] == 2) {
}
return;
}
}
Help with this coding problem would be great

Answer 1

Just out of curiosity, can you maybe switch from using UILabel's to just using UIButton's with the custom type. It should look just like a UILabel at that point and you can just wire up the touch event normally instead of needing a hittest. I think it would make things a lot easier for you.

Answer 2

UILabel * label = [[UILabel alloc] init];
UITapGestureRecognizer * tapGestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(labelTapped:)];
[label addGestureRecognizer:tapGestureRecognizer];
Then use the labelTapped function to trace back the label and get the text ;)