iPhone simulator doesn't see my NSString category

Question

I've an application with the following category for NSString:

@interface NSDate(ISO8601Parsing)



//This method is the one that does all the work. All the others are convenience methods.

+ (NSDate *)dateWithString:(NSString *)str strictly:(BOOL)strict getRange:(out NSRange *)outRange;

+ (NSDate *)dateWithString:(NSString *)str strictly:(BOOL)strict;



//Strictly: NO.

+ (NSDate *)dateWithString:(NSString *)str timeSeparator:(unichar)timeSep getRange:(out NSRange *)outRange;

+ (NSDate *)dateWithString:(NSString *)str timeSeparator:(unichar)timeSep;

+ (NSDate *)dateWithString:(NSString *)str getRange:(out NSRange *)outRange;

+ (NSDate *)dateWithString:(NSString *)str;



@end

The category is in the final application, not in a static library. When I use the application on the iPhone (3GS with iOS4), there is no problem both with application and tests. When I use the iPhone simulator my added methods aren't called. Debugging I've seen that xcode 'skips' the call and return null, very strange. Any suggestion? Thanks. Jean

Answer 1

I encountered the same issue when using the code generated by wsdl2objc (see issue). I solved it by renaming one method:

+ (NSDate *)dateWithString:(NSString *)str

to e.g.

+ (NSDate *)wsdl2objcDateWithString:(NSString *)str;

It looks like a conflict between the code above and a new private API, but I'am not sure.