What is difference between XIB and NIB?

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Vishwa816 picture Vishwa816 · Sep 11, 2012 · Viewed 11.2k times · Source

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What's up with the .NIB -> .XIB?

I want to know what is difference between xib and nib,I know some thing like xib = xml interface builder and nib is next interface builder,but I am not clear with difference between both ,please help me for it.

Thanks in advance.

Answer

Mick MacCallum picture Mick MacCallum · Sep 11, 2012

A Xib is more or less an XML document, it is the uncompiled read/write version of a nib. Once you compile a xib it becomes a nib.

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