Swift & Objective-C project - generated -Swift.h error - Cannot find interface declaration for UIViewController

Question

I've got a project using the Swift generated Bridging Header and have the project set up correctly (no spaces in Names, Uses Modules, pre-declaring Swift classes in my .mm file, Deleting derived data, doing a clean rebuild etc...). The Bridging Header is being generated fine, but the automatically generated -Swift.h has errors in it. What's even worse, those errors are on the generated (in project creation - Swift) versions of AppDelegate and ViewController which would normally compile fine. The errors in the -Swift.h are:

@interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate>
>> Cannot find interface declaration for 'UIResponder', superclass of 'AppDelegate'
>> Cannot find protocol declaration for 'UIApplicationDelegate'
@interface ViewController : UIViewController
>> Cannot find interface declaration for 'UIViewController', superclass of 'ViewController'

I've searched Stack Overflow and the net and can't find any answer that addresses this particular issue. Has anyone else had this? Or, is there a way I can mark my AppDelegate and ViewController classes so Xcode doesn't try and create Objective-C stubs for those Swift classes as I don't actually need them?

score 19 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 15 '17 at 10:43

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Just add

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

before

#import <YourProject-Swift.h>

in .mm file. for me it helps.

answered Mar 15 '17 at 10:43

Timofey Konshin

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Thanks a lot! This is the only solution that worked for me. – tuttu47 Sep 12 '17 at 03:20
You saved my day. +=1 – zioolek Aug 29 '18 at 10:32

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 02 '15 at 06:59

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I had same problem and discovered that..

-Swift.h only work best with Objective-C, not Objective-C++ (.mm)

So I use the Objective-C class to connect with the Swift class. Also You can always load your Objective-C++ class in your Objective-C class.

answered Jun 02 '15 at 06:59

Paul Sweeney

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I am having this issue with CoreData :( – pojomx Jun 26 '15 at 02:59
for CoreData, I use Objective C to handle the CoreData model class. Feel free to look at my example database app on github [SweeneyApps Link at Github](https://github.com/sweeneyapps/coredataSwiftExample) – Paul Sweeney Jun 27 '15 at 05:25
It works for me with Objective-C++ in Xcode 13. – Tamás Sengel Nov 11 '21 at 15:08

Thao Hoang · Answer 3 · 2017-06-22T12:51:14.253

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Try to import UIKit/UIKit.h into bridging header file.

edited Jun 22 '17 at 12:51

answered Dec 02 '16 at 12:01

Thao Hoang

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For me it did not help to import `UIKit/UIKit.h` in `Project-Swift.h`, but doing so in my actual Objective C header file did the trick. – Krøllebølle Dec 10 '16 at 18:13
If it doesn't work. Try to import UIKit/UIKit.h into bridging header file. – Thao Hoang May 22 '17 at 09:58
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You shouldn't alter the `-Swift.h` file as this is auto-generated, and the issue will hit you back, once Xcode re-creates this file. – d4Rk Jun 21 '17 at 07:23

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 14 '21 at 13:11

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Swift doesn’t play very well with Objective-C++. Since I need to interface with C++, I tend to write an Objective-C++ class MyClass_CPP containing just the interface with C++, then an Objective-C subclass MyClass that can play nicely with Swift.

answered Nov 14 '21 at 13:11

gnasher729

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 26 '23 at 11:17

Here's the latest working answer so far (2023).

In my case, this has happened before, when I was working on a chat feature in my Objective-C project.

And now, I want to subclass AVPlayerViewController in Swift, and use that Swift subclass in my Objective-C file.

One way to fix this is to have an Objective-C subclass to subclass the module class of any iOS framework (e.g. AVKit). Then use that Objective-C subclass as the superclass of your Swift subclass.

Swift & Objective-C project - generated -Swift.h error - Cannot find interface declaration for UIViewController

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