NSTimer IOS setting text of layer but text disappears once timer is destroyed -

NSTimer IOS setting text of layer but text disappears once timer is destroyed -

i'm using nstimer write text catextlayer text displays split second.

i set first timer this:

-(void) startsentanceanimation{ float firsttime = [[sentancearray objectatindex:0][@"time"]floatvalue]; [nstimer scheduledtimerwithtimeinterval:firsttime target:self selector:@selector(timedsentances:) userinfo:sentancearray repeats:no];

}

it calls method changes text , creates new timer.

-(void)timedsentances:(nstimer *)timer{ nsarray *userinfo = timer.userinfo; timer = nil; nsstring *sentance = [userinfo objectatindex:sentancecount][@"sentance"]; [self nextline:sentance]; //textlayer.string = sentance; float intervallength = [[userinfo objectatindex:sentancecount][@"time"]floatvalue]; [nstimer scheduledtimerwithtimeinterval:intervallength target:self selector:@selector(timedsentances:) userinfo:userinfo repeats:no]; sentancecount++; }

the code runs without error, , text displayed @ appropriate times, text flashes screen split sec , doesn't persist in between method calls. because i'm not keeping reference timer?

the text should set using method nextline follows:

-(void)nextline:(nsstring *)st{ textlayer.string = st;

}

the textlayer catextlayer , declared variable in interface this:

@interface icirecorddetail(){ catextlayer *textlayer; }

and instantiated in viewdidload method.

i've tried setting text this:

[textlayer settext:sentance];

but same thing happens. sentance appears when timer fires, , disappears again. i'm wondering because in catextlayer? new ios @ loss. help great. thanks

ios nstimer catextlayer