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mogelbuster
mogelbuster

Reputation: 1076

Using Swift Project (Siren) in an Objective-C iOS Application

I am trying to use a popular swift library, Siren, in an iOS Objective-C application. I have included the library as a framework using cocoapods, I ran pod init and then pod install with a podfile like this:

# Uncomment the next line to define a global platform for your project
platform :ios, '9.0'

target 'MyObjectiveCApp' do
  # Comment the next line if you don't want to use dynamic frameworks
  use_frameworks!

  # Pods for MyObjectiveCApp
  pod 'Siren'

end

and I've imported the swift code into the AppDelegate.m file like so:

#import <Siren/Siren-Swift.h>

I can now access the Siren class, but I can't seem to reference the shared static property on the Siren class. I have tried [Siren shared] and Siren.shared but neither is working. Here is the first few lines of the Siren class:

import UIKit

/// The Siren Class.
public final class Siren: NSObject {
    /// Return results or errors obtained from performing a version check with Siren.
    public typealias ResultsHandler = (Result<UpdateResults, KnownError>) -> Void

    /// The Siren singleton. The main point of entry to the Siren library.
    public static let shared = Siren()

Is there any documentation or examples of using Siren in an Objective-C iOS application? Is this possible? I know I could use Harpy, but since it is no longer supported, I was trying to avoid it if possible. I have researched using Swift in Objective-C code, but I couldn't find anything specifically related to accessing a static let property on a class. I found this helpful answer, but it mentions global variables, not static class properties.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 937

Answers (1)

Andy K
Andy K

Reputation: 7292

The reason why you can't access shared property, is because it doesn't get exported to Siren-Swift.h header (you can check generated header file).

That's because Siren class is not explicitly marked as @objc. The class itself is exported, because it's subclass of NSObject, but the properties are not exported by default. I think we can't solve it on our own.

What we can do is a workaround:

  • Let the author know via GitHub issue;
  • In meantime you can make your own Swift class-wrapper that direct every call to Siren under the hood, create internal pointer to Siren.shared, copy-paste all getters-setters from Siren, proxy calls to real Siren.shared;
  • Mark your class as @objc;
  • When (and if) author will solve the issue , you can update Siren, delete your class-wrapper and call Siren directly.

Upvotes: 2

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