AppCode 2022.2 EAP3: Concurrency Interoperability with Objective-C and Support for Existential Any
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A new AppCode 2022.2 EAP build (222.2964.42) is available for download. Builds are available from our website and via the Toolbox App. You can also update via patch if you’re using the 2022.2 EAP2 build.
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Concurrency interoperability with Objective-C
The Swift language comes with a set of concurrency features that includes asynchronous functions and actors. The Objective-C language doesn’t have them, so asynchronous APIs are expressed manually through the use of completion handlers. Because the tight integration between Swift and Objective-C APIs is an important part of the developer experience on Apple platforms, Swift 5.5 added Concurrency interoperability with Objective-C.
AppCode 2022.2 now supports it as well, which includes the following:
- Correct code resolve in Swift for Objective-C asynchronous functions.
- Support for actor interoperability with Objective-C.
- Various Objective-C attributes like
_Nullable_result,__attribute__((swift_async_error(...)))are handled correctly.
Existential any
Another new Swift feature now supported in AppCode is the existential any. The scope of IDE support includes:
- Correct code parsing and type checking.
- Code completion and code generation.
- Changes to the code formatter.
The completion for any is planned for the future versions (OC-22899).
Among other fixes for Swift language support, it’s worth mentioning a few pertaining to multiple trailing closure syntax (OC-20682, OC-22592). In addition, there are a couple of fixes for module maps in AppCode (OC-22526, OC-19757).
The full release notes are available here.
Your AppCode team
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