How can I use C++ with Objective-C in XCode

Question

I want to use/reuse C++ object with Objective-C. I have a hello.h that has the class definition, and hello.cpp for class implementation.

class Hello
{ int getX() ... };

And I use this class in Objective-C function.

#include "hello.h"
...
- (IBAction) adderTwo:(id)sender
{
    Hello *hi = new Hello();            
    int value = hi->getX();
    NSLog(@"Hello %d", value);
    [textField setIntValue:value];

When I compile the code in Xcode, I get this error message.

class Hello *XXXXX
Users/smcho/Desktop/cocoa/adderTwo/hello.h:9:0
/Users/smcho/Desktop/cocoa/adderTwo/hello.h:9: 
error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'Hello'

What went wrong?

Solution 1

Make sure you compile that file as "Objective-C++".

The simplest way is to rename it as *.mm.

If you don't want to rename the *.m file,

1. Select your file.
2. Open the File Info dialog (Cmd+I)
3. In File Type, select "sourcecode.cpp.objcpp"

Solution 2

Rename the Objective-C file from filename.m to filename.mm to make it compile as Objective-C++.

Comments

[Bruno Bieri]

May this helps as well: stackoverflow.com/a/32546879/1306012 or philjordan.eu/article/mixing-objective-c-c++-and-objective-c‌​++

[Almas Adilbek]

Thank you man!! You helped me discover similar problem which took my two crazy days.

[Pranav Kasetti]

Now Xcode displays a more understandable suggestion Objectice-C++ Source