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Foundational APIs

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Foundational APIs include strings, collections, class introspection, threading, and basic object persistence. Foundational APIs are defined in the Foundation library, which your application is linked against. These APIs are shared across iOS and OS X applications.

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Dovey, J., Furrow, A. (2012). Foundational APIs. In: Beginning Objective-C. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4369-4_3

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