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📣 rubicon33

Has Apple abandoned Objective-C?


More and more it seems like Apple's documentation only supports Objective C.

For example:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uinavigationcontroller/customizing_your_app_s_navigation_bar

As you can see here, switching to Objective-C does absolutely nothing. Is this the writing on the wall that they are going to completely give up on Objective-C?


  👤 ja27 Accepted Answer ✓
Apple's abandoned documentation more than Objective-C

👤 trieste92
Pretty sure it's still used for interop with C and lower level stuff but don't quote me

👤 birdymcbird
wrote objective c lot in early 2010s. loved the language.

from just reading articles and code sample, swift much faster and easier to write. i would still like to write objective c but feel swift easier to teach to new programmer.

if goal to have anyone become programmer and anyone can write iOS app submit to apple store then swift less intimidating than objective c. feel like right choice.


👤 mpweiher
Works for me.

👤 0x0007de
what do you think why they create Swift?