List of class properties in Objective-C

So more precisely, you want dynamic, runtime observaion of the properties, if I got it correctly. Do something like this (implement this method on self, the class you want to introspect):

#import <objc/runtime.h>

- (NSArray *)allPropertyNames
{
    unsigned count;
    objc_property_t *properties = class_copyPropertyList([self class], &count);

    NSMutableArray *rv = [NSMutableArray array];

    unsigned i;
    for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
    {
        objc_property_t property = properties[i];
        NSString *name = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:property_getName(property)];
        [rv addObject:name];
    }

    free(properties);

    return rv;
}

- (void *)pointerOfIvarForPropertyNamed:(NSString *)name
{
    objc_property_t property = class_getProperty([self class], [name UTF8String]);

    const char *attr = property_getAttributes(property);
    const char *ivarName = strchr(attr, 'V') + 1;

    Ivar ivar = object_getInstanceVariable(self, ivarName, NULL);

    return (char *)self + ivar_getOffset(ivar);
}

Use it like this:

SomeType myProperty;
NSArray *properties = [self allPropertyNames];
NSString *firstPropertyName = [properties objectAtIndex:0];
void *propertyIvarAddress = [self getPointerOfIvarForPropertyNamed:firstPropertyName];
myProperty = *(SomeType *)propertyIvarAddress;

// Simpler alternative using KVC:
myProperty = [self valueForKey:firstPropertyName];

Hope this helps.


use attributeKeys method of NSObject.

    for (NSString *key in [self attributeKeys]) {

        id attribute = [self valueForKey:key];

        if([attribute isKindOfClass:[UILabel  class]])
        {
         //put attribute to your array
        }
    }

Check out this link. It is an objective c wrapper over objective C runtime.

You can use code like below

uint count;
objc_property_t* properties = class_copyPropertyList(self.class, &count);
    NSMutableArray* propertyArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:count];
    for (int i = 0; i < count ; i++)
    {
        const char* propertyName = property_getName(properties[i]);
        [propertyArray addObject:[NSString  stringWithCString:propertyName encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    }
    free(properties);

You must include the runtime headers

 #import<objc/runtime.h>
uint propertiesCount;
objc_property_t *classPropertiesArray = class_copyPropertyList([self class], &propertiesCount);
free(classPropertiesArray);