What's the difference between a XIB and a NIB file?

What's the difference between a XIB and a NI开发者_StackOverflow中文版B file?

XIB is actually XML file. NIB is binary. So there are problems when using SVN with NIB files. So XIB replaces them.

XIB is pronounced "nib".

A XIB file is XML. A NIB file is binary.

XIBs replaced NIBs.

There really isn't a difference between how they are used, but XIBs are now the standard while developing. I believe that XIBs are translated into NIBs when the application is compiled. They are both used the same way and are both edited in Interface Builder.

For more information about what a XIB is look here.

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Nothing (as of now). Files with the .xib extension are pronounced "nib" files.

Check out the wikipedia article here for a more in-depth explanation.

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Basically:

• XIB: Text-based XML

• NIB: Archives, created by Xcode.