UILabel subclass - cocoa

Question

I know that this is a newbie question but I am a newbie so here goes:
I wish to use Chalkduster font quite a lot throughout my app (buttons, labels etc) and have tried subclassing UILabel to achieve this. I have the following in Default.h:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface Default : UILabel
{
UILabel *theLabel;
}
#property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UILabel *theLabel;
#end
and this in my .m:
#import "Default.h"
#implementation Default
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self) {
// Initialization code
UIFont *custom = [[UIFont alloc] init];
custom = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Chalkduster" size:18];
self.font = custom;
NSLog(#"h");
}
return self;
}
#end
When I change the class in interface builder and run, I'm not seeing the Chalkduster font. I'd appreciate a hand in getting this set up as I believe it will save me a lot of time.
Cheers.

Answer 1

Some problems to fix:
1) You're mixing up the idea of Default being a label and Default containing a label. To subclass, get rid of the property inside your class and make your changes to self rather than theLabel (inside the if (self) { section).
2) Anything you code after an unconditional return isn't going to get executed...and I'm surprised the compiler didn't complain about those statements.
Edit: ...and one more thing that just dawned on me.
3) If you're loading from a xib or storyboard, the initialization is done by initWithCoder: instead of initWithFrame:, so:
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder {
self = [super initWithCoder:coder];
if (self) {
self.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Chalkduster" size:18];
}
return self;
}

Answer 2

First of all I don't think that You're subclassing UILabel correctlly. So I made tutorial for You explaining how to do it. You don't need to IBOutlet object which is subclassed. JUST CALL IT WITH SELF. for example: self.font = ... If You want to subclass UILabel do this:
Create new class with title myLabel like this:
.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface MyLabel : UILabel {
}
#end
.m
#import "MyLabel.h"
#implementation MyLabel
-(void)awakeFromNib {
UIFont *custom = [[UIFont alloc] init];
custom = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Chalkduster" size:18];
self.font = custom;
}
#end
Now select Your label in storyboard and go to indentity inspector and in Custom Class select created class above. Like this:
Output:
Note: Don't forget to release custom because You are allocating it.

Answer 3

Move the return self; three lines down. You return from the init method before you do your custom initialization.
Edit to reflect new information from comment:
When deserializing the view from a nib you also have to override initWithCoder: