AFNetworking 2.0.3 not working on iOS 6

Question

I installed AFNetworking via CocoaPods:

pod "AFNetworking", '~> 2.0.3'

So, the method, which called from standart GET request:

- (NSURLSessionDataTask *)GET:(NSString *)URLString
                   parameters:(NSDictionary *)parameters
                      success:(void (^)(NSURLSessionDataTask *task, id responseObject))success
                      failure:(void (^)(NSURLSessionDataTask *task, NSError *error))failure

calls - (NSURLSessionDataTask *)dataTaskWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request; that returns nil on iOS 6.

Because AFNetworking uses NSURLSessionTask & NSURLSession which is introduced in iOS 7.0

And from AFNetworking Documentation:

New Requirements: iOS 6, Mac OS X 10.8, & Xcode 5

AFNetworking 2.0 officially supports iOS 6+, Mac OS X 10.8+, and Xcode 5.

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Why it calls methods, that appears only in iOS7?

Answer 1

I found solution:

My API client inherit from AFHTTPSessionManager (like in afnetwoking site example).

But if you are using iOS 6 just leave inheritance from AFHTTPRequestOperationManager like in AFNetworking 1.x versions.

Replace:

@interface APIClient : AFHTTPSessionManager

to:

@interface APIClient : AFHTTPRequestOperationManager