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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T09:13:30+00:00 2026-05-26T09:13:30+00:00

Can someone explain what (AppDelegate *) in the following snippet means? (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication]

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Can someone explain what (AppDelegate *) in the following snippet means?

(AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] iPad]
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    2026-05-26T09:13:30+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 9:13 am

    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] returns an id. So you can’t access e.g. window property of it (because id object doesn’t have it).

    (AppDelegate *) statement causes to ‘convert’ id to AppDelegate object, so you can access its components.

    It’s like having NSObject *obj1; and NSString *obj2; – you can’t do -substringToIndex: with obj1…

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