Disable Automatic Reference Counting for Some Files

I have downloaded the iOS 5 SDK and found that ARC is a great feature of the new Apple compiler. For the time being, many third party frameworks don't support ARC. Could I use ARC for my new code and keep the current retain/release code unchanged? The ARC converter doesn't work here, because some frameworks, such as JSONKit, cannot be converted to ARC by using the converter.

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The answer is to add `-fno-objc-arc` to the compiler flags for the files you don't want ARC. In Xcode 4, you can do this under your target -> Build Phases -> Compile Sources.

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), while not directly clear on this point, seem to suggest that as long as each class is either all ARC or all manually-managed, the classes can be integrated into a single program.

You only can't mix ARC and non-ARC in a single class; the document says that sending `retain`, `release`, `autorelease`, or `retainCount` messages by any means (including timers and delayed performs, which use `@selector`) is banned in ARC code. So you can't do non-ARC in an ARC class (because the necessary messages are banned) and you can't do ARC in a non-ARC class (because ARC adds syntax elements that are invalid without ARC).

The same document is a bit clearer on whether you can integrate non-ARC libraries/frameworks into an ARC program: Yes. It doesn't mention whether you can use ARC libraries/frameworks in a program where all your code is non-ARC, but given all of the above, the implication seems to be yes.

It is not very intuitive how to disable ARC on **MULTIPLE** files, for a while I was do it one by one until a figured out how to do that.

1. **Select desired** files at Target/Build Phases/Compile Sources in Xcode (CMD+click or Shift+click)
2. **PRESS ENTER** (double click will reset the selection, so it does't work)
3. Type **-fno-objc-arc**
4. Press Enter or Done

It is possible to disable ARC for individual files by adding the -fno-objc-arc compiler flag for those files.

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If you want to disable Automatic Reference Counting for some Files then its really simple to do just follow the steps.You add compiler flags in Targets -> Build Phases -> Compile Sources.

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The flag used is **-fno-objc-arc** press enter after writing it.!
You have to double click on the right column of the row under Compiler Flags.
Hope it helps Thanks :)