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Asked: 2026-05-25T20:00:45+00:00

I had this problem with import statements with my own classes using forward declarations

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I had this problem with import statements with my own classes using forward declarations to fix that. I have a method that uses type CTFramesetterRef. So I needed to add the CoreText framework. If I declare the method in my .h file, do I just 

#import <CoreText/CoreText.h>

in my .h file and not my .m file. Are there any hard and fast rules for this? Sometimes I see code that has it in the .m, sometimes in the .h. To me it seems like what I see is declare it in the .m if you can, if you have to put it in the .h, put it there instead, and if you can use a forward declaration for a class, then do that. Just not sure what the proper way to do things are. Thanks.

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    “declare it in the .m if you can, if you have to put it in the .h, put it there instead, and if you can use a forward declaration for a class, then do that.” – I would say this is the proper way to do that.

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