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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics Swift Types Strings

Posted by shad cho
shad cho
Courses Plus Student 2,393 Points

WhatisanAPI?

Use & Purpose of API ???

Kamran Ismayilov
Kamran Ismayilov
5,753 Points

I found it using google search :) http://readwrite.com/2013/09/19/api-defined/

3 Answers

Carl Sergile
Carl Sergile
16,570 Points

The meaning of API is no different in iOS than any other environment. It's a generic term referring to the published means by which one can access or use a resource in a computer program...

Source: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2776189?start=0&tstart=0

Hope that helps!

shad cho
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shad cho
Courses Plus Student 2,393 Points
shad cho
shad cho
Courses Plus Student 2,393 Points

Thanks guys

Carl Sergile
Carl Sergile
16,570 Points

no problem. Hit best answer so other people know what an API is and that this has been answered!

Deepa Subramanian
Deepa Subramanian
194 Points
Deepa Subramanian
Deepa Subramanian
194 Points

Application Programming Interface (API) is an interface between two separate software system talking to each other. Find more on http://www.guru99.com/api-testing.html for basic understanding in a simple way.