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iOS Object-Oriented Objective-C Tying it All Together Composition

Posted by jackgeraghty
jackgeraghty
531 Points

.m/.h

What is the difference and why do you always import the .h Can someone tell me what you code in .h and what you code in .m

1 Answer

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Hi Jack,

My Objective-C is a little rusty, but basically, .h is a header file, where you declare your properties and methods, including their data types, while .m is an implementation file where you actually define what values to put in properties and what functionality to put in methods.

You have to import .h so that the compiler knows what methods and properties you will be implementing.

Hope that helps!

Cheers :beers:

-Greg