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by CharlesW 2093 days ago
> Objective-C hasn't been jettisoned by Apple by any stretch of the imagination.

True, but melling didn't say that Objective-C has been jettisoned.

My understanding is that you can't iOS home screen widgets in Objective-C, correct? If so, isn't that a reasonably-clear signal that Objective-C developers are starting to be left behind?
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_qulr 2093 days ago
> My understanding is that you can't iOS home screen widgets in Objective-C, correct?

I don't know, I haven't looked into them. But Swift is now more than 6 years old, and iOS home screen widgets are literally only days old, so I'd say "You quickly get left behind in the Apple ecosystem" is an exaggeration.

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plorkyeran 2093 days ago
If you're a fan of obj-c it's perfectly reasonable to pretend that swift is just a DSL for describing views and write all of the logic for your widget in obj-c. In that setup SwiftUI is replacing interface builder xibs rather than obj-c.
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