Kishore Kumar Mohan
Obj-c : “instancetype” vs “id”
Both “id” and “instancetype” are keywords in objective-c.“id” — a reference to some random Objective-C object of unknown class “instancetype” — a reference to instance of the class to which the method belongs Lets look at e.g.: “MyObject” class contains 2 factory methods one returns “instancetype” and other returns “id” @interface MyObject : NSObject + (instancetype) factoryMethod1; + (id) factoryMethod2; @end When you create instance of the “MyObject” class and call a method lets say “count”.Kishore Kumar Mohan1 min read