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title: "What is a delegate in iOS"  
description: "What is a delegate in iOS"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-02-26  
updated: 2026-05-15  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12984/what-is-a-delegate-in-ios  
category: "iphone"  
tags: ["iphone", "mobile development", "ios"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is a delegate in iOS

What is a [delegate](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/777/delegate-and-event-in-c-sharp) in [iOS](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12222/core-data-and-how-to-use-it-in-ios-objective-c)?

## Replies

### Reply by Manoj Bhatt

A delegate allows one object to send messages to another object when an event happens

simple example of delegate implementation can be understood from What is protocol in iOS


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