Short and useful Objective-C snippets?

Question

Since XCode 4, there is now a Code Snippets section which offers the snippets via auto-complete when typing. I\'d be very interested in snippets you all have stored in there. Wh

Answer 1

I also have the standard view lifecycle methods in my snippets (which get used daily):

I use keyboard shortcut vwa for

- (void) viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear: animated];


}

vdl for viewDidLoad etc.

Answer 2

I’m often adding private class interfaces with class extensions:

@interface <#ClassName#> ()
@end

This is to keep the public interface completely free from internal stuff, especially now that we can have purely synthesized properties (example gist).

Answer 3

While debugging this snippet is really useful. It let you know Class Name, Function Name and you can add your comments also.

NSLog(@"%s [Line %d] %@ ", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__,<#comment#>);