Convert a string (“MyExampleClass”) into a class name (MyExampleClass)

Question

I want to convert a string to a class name. Imagine that I have a string, which changes, containing a class name, for example, the string \"MyExampleClass\". No

Answer 1

Here's what you'd want:

Class theClass = NSClassFromString(classNameStr);
id myObject = [[theClass alloc] init];

Note that you can't use theClass as a type name (i.e. theClass *myObject). You'll have to use id for that.