How to change label in ViewController when app enters the foreground

i want to change a label in my view controller when the app enters the foreground....:

SalaryAppV4AppDelegate.h

@interface SalaryAppV4AppDelegate : NSObject <UIApplicationDelegate, UITabBarControllerDelegate> {

//----------------------------------------------    

    NSTimeInterval appEnteredBackground;

    NSTimeInterval appEnteredForeground;

    NSTimeInterval difference;

    NSString *times;

//-----------------------------------------------

SalaryAppV4AppDelegate.m

- (void)applicationWillEnterForeground:开发者_StackOverflow(UIApplication *)application

{


    //perform -(IBAction)DoThis

    FirstViewController* controller = [FirstViewController alloc];
    [controller DoThis]; 




    //releasing
    [dateFormatter release];





}

FirstViewController.m

-(IBAction) DoThis
{

    appDelegate = [[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] retain];

    //This Doesn't Work :(
    label.text = @"IT Has Worked";


    //This Works
    NSLog(@"%@", appDelegate.times);

}
//--------------------------------------------------------

i just want the label.text ti change to anything but nothing in the viewcontroller changes...

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Is label hooked up in Interface Builder?

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First make sure that label is not nil. Second if your viewcontroller is in a navigation stack then you need to get your view Controller from navigation stack.

Here is a code snippet to get viewController from Navigation stack

HomeViewController *vController = nil;
    NSArray *vControllers = [self.navigationController viewControllers];
    for(UIViewController *v in vControllers) {
        if([v isKindOfClass:[HomeViewController class]]) {
            vController = (HomeViewController*)v;
            break;
        }
    }

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RootViewController * controller = [[RootViewController alloc]initWithNibName:@"RootViewController" bundle:nil];

-(IBAction) DoThis {

appDelegate = [[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] retain];

change this to like with setText:

[label setText:@"IPhone/Ipad Chat Room"];
//This Works
NSLog(@"%@", appDelegate.times);

}

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Inside your applicationWillEnterForeground: method, you are creating a new instance of FirstViewController and then calling your method DoThis: on it, which does change the label text. However, this controller is not a member object and the version of it that you see that does not update is probably in another code file somewhere - or is it in your app delegate too?

In short, although you do change the text it's not the correct object which is why you do not see any visible change, I reckon.

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Using the method in the App delegate and a instance call to the View Controller

- (void)applicationWillEnterForeground:(UIApplication *)application {
   [ViewController.label setText:@"DA TEXT"]; //if the VC is a property.
   [[ViewController instance].label setText:@"DA TEXT"]; //if is not a property

}

If is not a property, you must set an instance class method at your VC