ARC Guide 2

There are two ways to convert non-ARC Code to ARC Code: 1. use Xcode's automatic conversion tool 2. manually set certain files to support ARC 1. Xcode's automatic conversion tool Xcode provides an automatic conversion tool to convert the old source code to the ARC Mode 1. ARC is a feature of LLVM3.0 compiler, and the existing project may use the old GCC4.2

There are two ways to convert non-ARC Code to ARC Code: 1. use Xcode's automatic conversion tool 2. manually set some files to support ar c I. Xcode's automatic conversion tool Xcode provides an automatic conversion tool that can convert the old source code to the ARC Mode 1. ARC is a feature of the LLVM 3.0 compiler, and the existing project may use the old GCC 4.2

There are two ways to convert non-ARC Code to ARC Code:

1. Use Xcode's automatic conversion tool

2. manually set certain files to support ARC

I. Xcode's automatic conversion tool

Xcode provides an automatic conversion tool to convert the old source code to the ARC mode.

1. ARC is a feature of the LLVM 3.0 compiler, and the existing project may use the old GCC 4.2 or LLVM-GCC compiler, So first you need to set the use of the LLVM 3.0 Compiler:

(Currently XCode4.5, LLVM 3.0 has been upgraded to LLVM 4.1)

You 'd better chooseWarningsThe Other Warning Flags in is-Wall, so that the compiler checks all possible warnings to help us avoid potential problems.

2. The Run Static Analyzer option under Build Options should also be enabled, so that every time Xcode compiles a project, it will Run a Static code analysis tool to check our code

3. Set the "Objective-C Automatic Reference Counting" option to YES. However, the Xcode Automatic conversion tool automatically sets this option. Here, it only describes how to manually set

4. Open Xcode's automatic conversion tool

5. Xcode will display a new window for you to select which files need to be converted

Click the Check button. In the Xcode dialog box that appears, the project cannot be converted to ARC. You need to prepare the conversion. (The detailed description is skipped here)

6. If there are no warnings or errors, a prompt window will pop up:

7. Click Next. After a few seconds, Xcode will prompt the conversion preview of all files to display all changes to the source file. On the left is the modified file, and on the right is the original file. Here you can view Xcode changes in a file to ensure that Xcode does not correct your source file:

Click Save to complete the conversion.

8. After automatic conversion, Xcode will remove all retain, release, and autorelease calls, which may cause other warnings and invalid syntaxes in the code. You must manually modify these calls.

Note: It is best to use Xcode's automatic conversion tool only once. Using it multiple times may cause a strange problem. If you do not convert all files for the first conversion, Xcode will not actually perform any conversion operations when you try to convert the remaining files again later. Therefore, it is best to complete the conversion at one time. You can manually modify the files without conversion.

2. manually enable the ARC of some files

Adding-fobjc-arc to the Compiler Flags column indicates that the. m file's ARC is enabled.

3. Disable the ARC of some files

Adding-fno-objc-arc to the Compiler Flags column indicates disabling the ARC of this. m file.