When and where are controller's properties supposed to be set? - iphone

Question

This time, I was wondering when I was supposed to set my properties ...
I got a nav bar which I use to push a new controller (controlling a Web View) :
NewsViewController *webViewController = [[NewsViewController alloc] init]; // I create my controller
webViewController.urlText = #"http://www.google.fr"; // I set the property
InfonulAppDelegate *delegate = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
[delegate.newsNavController pushViewController:webViewController animated:YES];
[webViewController release];
I don't know why but the code below doesn't work :
- (void)viewDidLoad { //viewDidLoad from my webViewController
[super viewDidLoad];
//Create a URL object.
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlText];
//URL Requst Object
NSURLRequest *requestObj = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
//Load the request in the UIWebView.
[webView loadRequest:requestObj];
}
I just want to create a UIWebView but I need to give the controller the URL to use !
Any idea where and when my urlText property needs to be set ?!?
Cheers,
Gauthier

Answer 1

Do you use property correctly? Like
#property(nonatomic,retain) NSString *urlText;
If so, try to use a customized init method like this;
-(id)initWithUrl:(NSString *)url
{
if(self = [super init])
{
self.urlText = url;
}
return self;
}
dont forget to release urlText in dealloc. Now use;
NewsViewController *webViewController = [[NewsViewController alloc] initWithUrl:#"someUrl"];