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• Description
• Example
• Instructions
• Code

Add a label.

The label displays static text.

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1. Open ViewController.swift
2. Copy and paste code

1. Open Main.storyboard
2. Click View
3. Click Utilities
4. Click Show Object Library
5. Drag Label to View
6. Click View
7. Click Utilities
8. Click Show Connections Inspector
9. Under Referencing Outlets, after New Referencing Outlet, drag + to View Controller
10. Click interfaceBuilderLabel

1. Click Product
2. Click Run

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController
{
    @IBOutlet weak var interfaceBuilderLabel: UILabel!

    override func prefersStatusBarHidden() -> Bool
    {
        return true
    }
    override func supportedInterfaceOrientations() -> Int
    {
        return Int(UIInterfaceOrientationMask.All.rawValue)
    }
    override func viewDidLoad()
    {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        self.interfaceBuilderLabel.backgroundColor = UIColor.blackColor()
        self.interfaceBuilderLabel.text = "Hello Xcode"
        self.interfaceBuilderLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.Center
        self.interfaceBuilderLabel.textColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
        self.view.removeConstraints(self.view.constraints())
        self.view.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint(item: self.interfaceBuilderLabel, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Top, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem: self.view, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Top, multiplier: 1, constant: 20))
        self.view.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint(item: self.interfaceBuilderLabel, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Left, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem: self.view, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Left, multiplier: 1, constant: 20))
        self.view.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint(item: self.interfaceBuilderLabel, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Height, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem: self.view, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Height, multiplier: 1, constant: -40))
        self.view.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint(item: self.interfaceBuilderLabel, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Width, relatedBy: NSLayoutRelation.Equal, toItem: self.view, attribute: NSLayoutAttribute.Width, multiplier: 1, constant: -40))
    }
}