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Can't find interface declaration for my IOS view controller


I'm getting this error: "Cannot find interface declaration for 'BaseViewController', superclass of 'ViewController'. Here's the situation:

AppDelegate:

  • Subclass of NSObject
  • In the header file:

    #include UIApplicationDelegate

BaseViewController

  • Subclass of UIViewController
  • In the header file:

    #import "AppDelegate.h"

ViewController

  • Subclass of BaseViewController

    #import "BaseViewController.h"

The error doesn't make sense, as BaseViewController is imported in ViewController's header file. What is the problem here?


Solution

  • Cannot find interface declaration for 'BaseViewController'

    That error means that the compiler can't find the line that looks like this:

    @interface BaseViewController : UIViewController

    But I think it CAN find the BaseViewController.h (Or it would complain about that specifically)

    I'd check that the spelling is the same including upper/lowercase?

    Other than that, it should work as you'd expect.