Access custom label property at didSelectRowAtIndexPath - iphone

Question

I have a UILabel for each cell at cellForRowAtIndexPath.
UILabel *cellLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
cellLabel.text = myString;
I want to access that string "myString" at didSelectRowAtIndexPath using indexpath.
NSString *anotherString = cell.textLabel.text;
returns null.
Now if at cellForRowAtIndexPath, I did something like cell.textLabel.text = theString; then the didSelectRowAtIndexPath returns the appropriate cell.
My question is, how can I access the text in the UILabel I apply to the cell, at didSelectRowAtIndexPath?
Also, logging the cell in didSelectRowAtIndexPath returns cell: <UITableViewCell: 0x5dcb9d0; frame = (0 44; 320 44); autoresize = W; layer = <CALayer: 0x5dbe670>>
Edit:
NSString *myString = [[results objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] valueForKey:#"name"];
//cell.textLabel.text = myString;
CGFloat width = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.width - 50;
CGFloat height = 20;
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(10.0f, 10.0f, width, height);
UILabel *cellLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
cellLabel.text = myString;
cellLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
cellLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
cellLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
cellLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14.0f];
[cell.contentView addSubview:cellLabel];
[cellLabel release];
return cell;

Answer 1

In this line of code:
NSString *anotherString = cell.textLabel.text;
How are you obtaining the cell? Is it nil? Also, the textLabel field you're accessing is the default label in the a UITableViewCell and not the label you are adding in -cellForRowAtIndexPath. Here is how you can get the cell from -didSelectRowAtIndexPath:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tv
didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell *cell = [self tableView:tv cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
}
The issue at this point, though, is that you can't access the UILabel by name, however, you can access it if you've set a tag. So, when you create your UILabel, set the tag like this:
UILabel *cellLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
cellLabel.text = myString;
cellLabel.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
cellLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
cellLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
cellLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14.0f];
// Set the tag to any integer you want
cellLabel.tag = 100;
[cell.contentView addSubview:cellLabel];
[cellLabel release];
So, now you can access the UILabel by tag:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tv
didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
UITableViewCell *cell = [self tableView:tv cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
UILabel *label = (UILabel*)[cell viewWithTag:100];
NSLog(#"Label Text: %#", [label text]);
}

Answer 2

Can you post the code that you assign the cellLabel to the cell? Did you do something like this: cell.textLabel = cellLabel?
Look for UITableViewCell for more details