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Asked: 2026-05-27T08:44:35+00:00

I want to set up doxygen as the tool to document my Objective C

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I want to set up doxygen as the tool to document my Objective C source code. The code generating tool seems to work well, except that the way it renders the descriptions of my Objective C methods makes them look like they are written in C++. I have read through all of the various options in the Doxygen website, but I can’t find a combination of options to force it to render a more “Objective-C”-like appearance.

Likewise, editing the doxygenLayout.xml file seems to be useful for changing the names of the different sections, but I don’t see how it can be used to change the way that methods are represented. I have included an example below:

My Source Code

The Resulting Documentation

Notice how version has two parenthesis after it, and the class uses two colons between the class name and the method name. Is there a way to change this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Check your Doxyfile for EXTENSION_MAPPING (or try starting with a clean Doxyfile). I’ve had decent success using Doxygen with ObjC (not perfect, but pretty good) using the default settings.

    What version of Doxygen are you using? I’m still using 1.6.1, but I wouldn’t expect a massive change in the 1.7 line.

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