Call Swift function from Objective-C class
I have an old Objective-C project and I want to call new Swift function and object, I have create the file "<ProjectName>-Bridging-Header.h
" and "<ProjectName>-Swift.h
"
was easy for me call the function from Swift to Objective-C but I have a problem for reverse.
So I have create a simple class "System.Swift"
import Foundation
@objc class System : NSObject {
@objc func printSome() {
println("Print line System");
}
}
now I have try to follow the documentation here and inside the <...>-Swift.h
file I have write this
@class System;
@interface System : NSObject
-(void)printSome;
@end
and I have import it inside my Objective-C Class. At this point inside my Objective C class (currently UIViewController) of my Objective-C code I have try to call "printSome" method:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
System * sis = [[System alloc] init];
[sis printSome];
//any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.
}
now I have the following Error:
Undefined symbols for architecture i386: "OBJC_CLASS$_System", referenced from: objc-class-ref in "ObjectiveC_Class_That_Call_Swift_Object".o ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
Problem Solved, I previously create and included a new .h
file in my Objective-C class named <ProductModuleName>-Swift.h
but, as i discovered later, this step is not necessary because the compiler creates the necessary file invisible.
Simply include <ProductModuleName>-Swift.h
in your class and it should work.
It is strange but will work after we do:
-
Add
@objc
to your Swift-class ("MySwiftClass
"). -
Add in Obj-C, i.e. the
.m
file:#import "(ProjectName)-Swift.h"
-
Declare in header .h
@class MySwiftClass;
Compiler will generate the interface for @objc
marked class in MyModuleName-Swift.h
file.
Auto-Generated Obj-C Example:
SWIFT_CLASS("_TtC10Project17220PLHelper")
@interface PLHelper
+ (void)notifyForDownloading:(NSDictionary *)userInfo;
- (instancetype)init OBJC_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER;
@end
Assume We have ProjectName "MyFirstProjectOnSwift" and swift class name "mySwiftClass" and objectiveC class is "MyObjectiveCLass"
Following steps are:-
Add #import "MyFirstProjectOnSwift-Swift.h" in "MyObjectiveCLass.m"
Add @class mySwiftClass in MyObjectiveCLass.h;
Then in MyObjectiveCLass.m
mySwiftClass *myClass = [mySwiftClass new]; {Call Like This in any method wherever you want to call swift method.}
[myClass methodName];
Check the -Swift.h file which has the import on your .m file in objective-C:
#import <YourProjectName-Swift.h>
Click on that line, and left-click - Jump To Definition.
This file should be included automatically, not manually.
Little additional tip for anyone stumbling upon this post and for hwhom the other answers do not work: you might also have to declare your Swift class "public".
Example:
@objc public class MySwiftClass: NSObject {