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Posted by Gabriel Lobl
Gabriel Lobl
3,414 Points

Difference between "import UIKit" and "import Foundation"

what's Foundation??

1 Answer

jne
jne
12,613 Points
jne
jne
12,613 Points

Those are two different SDK´s that Apple provides. Apple provides thousands of different SDK for handling different stuff. They don´t put all their functions in one file, because that file would be unnecessary big, they instead let you import only what you need. UIKit contains functions you can use in regards of the user interface. Foundation contains the core stuff you´ll need to make an app. You can read more about it here: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/ObjC_classic/index.html