@property and @synthesize

Question

I\'m very new to Objective C. (Two days now). When read about @synthesize, it seemed to overlap with my understanding @property (which I thought

Answer 1

@property declares a property on your class with whatever atomicity and setter semantics you provide.

With Xcode 4.4, autosynthesis is available wherein you are provided with a backing ivar from your property without declaring it in @synthesize. This ivar has the form of _propertyName where your property name is propertyName.