Does JSONKit support ARC, or is there a fork that supports ARC?

Question

According to these comments, JSONKit does not support ARC, and not even running with fobjc-no-arc setting in an ARC environment: https://github.com/johnezang/JSONKit/issues/37

Charyl

see this url #10459944 – Mab

Answer 1

You can still use JSONKit in your application with ARC.

I'm using it myself.

Select your project root in XCode 5, under Targets select your application then select the BuildPhases tab. Under Compile Sources double-click JSONKit.m and add the following compiler flags -fno-objc-arc.

Hope it helps

Cheers

Steak

Did you check for memory leaks using Instruments? The JSONKit developer himself said there's no guarantee it works in an ARC environment. The problems probably are the boundaries from ARC to non-ARC. – Charyl

Didn't found any issues so far and i've been using it for a while. With that said, doesn't mean that there aren't any. I just haven't found any. – Steak

Worksforme too. I wonder how much @johnezang hates the fact that lazy ARC-loving devs are happily using his ARC-free and GC-free library. He might not care, but he also might introduce a feature upgrade which will absolutely not work with ARC :) – Product

This was very helpful for using JsonKit and also other librabry that did not use ARC. Thanks. – Ulster

Answer 2

I use JSONKit in ARC project with the -fno-objc-arc in the JSONKit.m file in the compile Source settings.

And just some of the posts you linked to in your question already say it works.

Kirchner

Sure it may work but the question is, will it work without memory leaks? Did you check with Instruments? – Charyl

I've not noticed any memory leaks. – Kirchner

I added the flag, doesnt work for me..! Build Fails wen i try to run it on device..! – Chastise