Can UIView be copied?

Question

Simply using this way:

UIView* view2 = [view1 copy]; // view1 existed

This will cause simulator can not launch this app.

Try retai

Answer 1

for swift3.0.1:

extension UIView{
 func copyView() -> AnyObject{
    return NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObject(with: NSKeyedArchiver.archivedData(withRootObject: self))! as AnyObject
 }
}