Subclassing a subclass of UIImageView - Forward declaration errors - iphone

I have read question after question about people getting the same error as me, but I simply do not understand them, so before you go searching for duplicate questions, maybe someone can explain to me what I am doing wrong with this subclassing deal.
I have a subclass of UIImageView called swapView that I want to subclass to override the method -(void)count for special cases. I went to subclass this as I have any pre-existing UIKit class, but when I tried to build and run the project, I get this error:
Attempting to use the forward class 'swapView' as superclass of 'coinView'
I have tried putting both the #import statement of swapView and #class swapView in coinView.h and I've tried putting the import statement in coinView.m, but it refuses to build because of this continued error. If I move the import statement into the .m file, all references to the superclass's methods and properties, such as #property (nonatomic) int max; cause errors as well.
What am I doing wrong?
swapView.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "ViewController.h"
#class ViewController;
#interface swapView : UIImageView
{
NSTimer* tmr;
}
#property (nonatomic) int current;
#property (nonatomic) int max;
#property (nonatomic, retain) UIImage* firstImage;
#property (nonatomic, retain) UIImage* secondImage;
#property (nonatomic) BOOL smallMax;
#property (nonatomic, retain) ViewController* pvc;
- (BOOL)testCollision:(CGPoint)point;
- (float)randomFloatBetween:(float)smallNumber bigNumber:(float)bigNumber;
#end
coinView.h
#import "swapView.h"
#class swapView;
#interface coinView : swapView
- (void)count;
- (void)move;
#end

For inheritance, the superclass MUST be inherited.
coinView.h
#import "swapView.h"
#interface coinView : swapView
- (void)count;
- (void)move;
#end
You're both forward declaring and importing ViewController.h in your swapView, which may cause compiler to complain.
swapView.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#class ViewController
#interface swapView : UIImageView
.
.
.
#end

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Local declaration of "speed view" hides instance variable

So I have been searching in a few hours for why my iPhone app hates me. This is the error I get:
Warning: local declaration of 'speedView' hides instance variable.
Here is my .m file
#implementation MainViewController
#synthesize speedCount;
#synthesize speedView;
#synthesize popoverController;
- (void)setspeedView:(UILabel *)speedView
{
[speedView setText: [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d",speedCount]];
speedCount = 0;
speedCount++;
}
.h file
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <MapKit/MapKit.h>
#interface MainViewController : UIViewController <LoginDelegate,WEPopoverParentView,PopoverControllerDelegate,MainMenuDelegate,MKMapViewDelegate,UIActionSheetDelegate,UIAccelerometerDelegate, CLLocationManagerDelegate>
{
AppDelegate *appDelegate;
IBOutlet MKMapView *userMap;
IBOutlet UILabel *speedView;
CLLocationManager *locationManager;
}
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *speedView;
#property(nonatomic) int speedCount;
I really don't understand why it says that I am hiding the instance variable.
You have a ivar (an instance variable) called speedView.
In your method
- (void)setspeedView:(UILabel *)speedView
speedView is a local variable whose name clashes with the ivar.
If you are using a modern version of the compiler just remove the #synthesize directive.
It will be automatically added by the compiler in this form
#synthesize speedView = _speedView
which will create the ivar _speedView, whose name doesn't clash anymore with the local variable.
Also note that declaring both the instance variable and the property is redundant. The ivar will be automatically created by the (implicit) #synthesize directive.
Here's a "modern" version of your class:
.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <MapKit/MapKit.h>
#interface MainViewController : UIViewController <LoginDelegate,WEPopoverParentView,PopoverControllerDelegate,MainMenuDelegate,MKMapViewDelegate,UIActionSheetDelegate,UIAccelerometerDelegate, CLLocationManagerDelegate>
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *speedView;
#property (strong, nonatomic) CLLocationManager *locationManager;
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet MKMapView *userMap;
#property (strong, nonatomic) AppDelegate *appDelegate;
#property (nonatomic) int speedCount;
.m
#implementation MainViewController
- (void)setspeedView:(UILabel *)speedView {
[speedView setText:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%d", self.speedCount]];
self.speedCount = 0;
self.speedCount++;
}
Please note:
properties are nice: use them whenever you can
#synthesize is implicit
the implicit version of #sythesize declares a _ivar for the property ivar
always access variables through the getters/setters, i.e. self.ivar, a part from init methods. If you need to access the var directly use _ivar or self->_ivar
As a final remark, this looks a bit weird
self.speedCount = 0;
self.speedCount++;
and it could be replaced with
self.speedCount = 1;
Are you sure it's what you mean? Also, as noted in the comments by others, you are not using the method parameter speedView. That smells bad and you may want to double check your implementation.

Missing '#end' // #end must appear in an objective-c context

This is my code:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface CustomCellArticle: UITableViewCell
#property(nonatomic,retain) IBOutlet UILabel *name;
#end
In first time I received this error:
Missing #end
Expected identifier or '('
in the first of the code, and it required me to add #end in the first to fix it.
the code became like this:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#end //here the seconde error
#interface CustomCellArticle: UITableViewCell
#property(nonatomic,retain) IBOutlet UILabel *name;
#end
When I add it, I received a new error:
#end must appear in an Objective-C context
I don't know what's happened exactly, please help!
I used the same class in another project and it works fine!
Yes that is from a another header or implementation file already imported beforehand that is missing a #end
It could be a .h or .m file
#end should only come once in a single file.Whats with the top #end.And import all files at the top ?
you may have opened a "{" that is never closed with a "}" before the #end line...
so, the error is not at the #end line... but xcode just find out you are missing a "}" or ")"
Let me show whole file .h and .m file then i can answer well No Problem.
You need to remove first #end from .h file and run you will solve the issue.
Instead of this :
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#end
#interface CustomCellArticle: UITableViewCell
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *name;
#end
Use this :
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface CustomCellArticle: UITableViewCell
{
}
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *name;
#end
May this will help you. This is working fine for me.
I have checked also in xcode. You Just need to remove first #end.
If this thing is not working you have some another issue.

Protocol declaration warning

MPPopoverControllerDelegate.h file
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#class MPPopoverController;
#protocol MPPopoverControllerDelegate <NSObject>
#optional
- (void)popoverControllerDidDismissPopover:(MPPopoverController *)popoverController;
#end
MPPopoverController.h file
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#protocol MPPopoverControllerDelegate;
#interface MPPopoverController : UIViewController <MPPopoverControllerDelegate>
#property (nonatomic, assign) id<MPPopoverControllerDelegate> delegate;
#end
MPPopoverController.m file
#import "MPPopoverController.h"
#import "MPPopoverControllerDelegate.h"
#implementation MPPopoverController
#end
#property (nonatomic, assign) id<MPPopoverControllerDelegate> delegate; : this line has warning
Cannot find protocol definition for 'MPPopoverControllerDelegate'
What is wrong? And how to fix this warning?
if replace '#protocol MPPopoverControllerDelegate'; with '#import "MPPopoverControllerDelegate.h', everything will be ok. But link - in Referring to Other Protocols you can see that apple says to use #protocol
Is there an absolute need for your protocol declaration to be in a different header file? Unless it's quite a large protocol definition (which yours isn't), I would suggest declaring it below your interface declaration.
MPPopoverController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#protocol MPPopoverControllerDelegate;
#interface MPPopoverController : UIViewController
#property (nonatomic, assign) id<MPPopoverControllerDelegate> delegate;
#end
#protocol MPPopoverControllerDelegate <NSObject>
#optional
- (void)popoverControllerDidDismissPopover:(MPPopoverController *)popoverController;
#end
Compiler read your .m file, and load .h files when necessary. So it loads MPPopoverController.h first and when it read it delegate protocol is still undeclared. You could easily fix this warning just by swapping include lines. To let compiler read delegate .h file first.
#import "MPPopoverControllerDelegate.h"
#import "MPPopoverController.h"
#implementation MPPopoverController
#end
Are you sure you're ever including MPPopoverControllerDelegate.h somewhere?
Import MPPopoverControllerDelegate.h in MPPopoverController.h and MPPopoverController.h should look like:
The code copy pasted from the question and edited was removed. The following code is copy pasted from xcode.
The MPPopoverControllerDelegate.h:
#class MPPopoverController;
#protocol MPPopoverControllerDelegate <NSObject>
#optional
- (void)popoverControllerDidDismissPopover:(MPPopoverController *)popoverController;
#end
The MPPopoverController.h
#protocol MPPopoverControllerDelegate;
#interface MPPopoverController : UIViewController{
id<MPPopoverControllerDelegate> delegate;
}
#property (nonatomic, assign) id<MPPopoverControllerDelegate> delegate;
#end
The MPPopoverController.m
#implementation MPPopoverController
#synthesize delegate;
//rest of view controller class.
The problem is that in your MPPopoverController interface you specify <MPPopoverControllerDelegate>. This means that the class implements this protocol! Is wrong because the class is the owner of the protocol. So your logic is wrong in some point.

error: #synthesize

In my AppDelegate.h file i written the following code
#interface iBountyHunterAppDelegate : NSObject <UIApplicationDelegate> {
UITabBarController *tabcontroller;
}
#property (nonatomic,retain) IBOutlet UITabBarController *tabcontroller;
and in AppDelegate.h file I synthesize it.
#synthesize tabcontroller;
but in #synthesize line i get an error and the msg is: "MISSING CONTEXT FOR PROPERTY IMPLEMENTATION DECLARATION"
can anyone tell me how to solve it?
I suspect you have put the #synthesize outside of your #implementation. It should look something like this
// iBountyHunterAppDelegate.m
#import "iBountyHunterAppDelegate.h"
#implementation iBountyHunterAppDelegate
#synthesize tabcontroller; // note that this is between #implementation and #end
// other stuff
#end
"and in AppDelegate.h file I synthesize it." Probably it´s just misspelled but it has to be in .m file :P
#interface iBountyHunterAppDelegate : NSObject <UIApplicationDelegate>
{
UITabBarController IBOutlet *tabcontroller;
}
#property (nonatomic,retain) IBOutlet UITabBarController *tabcontroller;
and in AppDelegate.h file I synthesize it.
#synthesize tabcontroller;
synthesize your property in controller(iBountyHunterAppDelegate.m) file instead of interface(.h) file

Problem in Importing File

I am importing File "FieldActivityViewController.h".But Showing an error
"/Users/rupeshnandha/Downloads/AQMD
Release 3/Classes/InputChoice.h:22:0
Expected specifier-qualifier-list
before 'FieldActivityViewController'
in /Users/rupeshnandha/Downloads/AQMD
Release 3/Classes/InputChoice.h"
As is a code Written in "InputChoice.h"
#import "FieldActivityViewController.h"
#protocol InputChoiceProtocol <NSObject>
#required
-(void) inputChoiceSelectedIndex :(int) index;
#end
#interface InputChoice : UIViewController {
//NSString *keyString;
FieldActivityViewController *field_act;
NSMutableArray *selectionArray;
IBOutlet UITableView *table;
NSObject<InputChoiceProtocol> *delegate;
// IBOutlet UIPickerView *picker;
}
#property (nonatomic,retain) NSArray *selectionArray;
#property (nonatomic,retain) FieldActivityViewController *field_act;
#property (nonatomic,retain) NSObject<InputChoiceProtocol> *delegate;
#end
It's not the good practice to import the application classes in .h files.
Try with forward class declaration and import you FieldActivityViewController file in .h
Use with forward class declaration #class FieldActivityViewController; at the place of your import statement.
use #class FieldActivityViewController
Most likely cause is that you have a circular dependency. InputChoice.h imports FieldActivityViewController.h and FieldActivityViewController.h imports InputChoice.h (not necessarily directly).
The best solution is to move the imports out of the header file into the .m file and put
#class FieldActivityViewController;
in InputChoice.h and
#class InputChoice
in FieldActivityViewController.h (or whichever header has InputChoic.h in it.