error: writable atomic property cannot pair a synthesized setter/getter with a user defined setter/getter

Question

I recently tried to compile an older Xcode project (which used to compile just fine), and now I\'m seeing a lot of errors of this form:

error: w

Answer 1

For others who are getting this error not for the reason OP described, you likely have the same issue as me:

You have a @property with the same name as a -()method.

Something like this:

@property UIView *mainView;

-(UIView *)mainView;