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title: "What is ARC in iOS?"  
description: "What is ARC in iOS?"  
author: "Tarun Kumar"  
published: 2015-07-31  
updated: 2020-09-19  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/12745/what-is-arc-in-ios  
category: "iphone"  
tags: ["iphone", "ios", "objective c"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is ARC in iOS?

**ARC known as Automatic Reference Counting**. ARC is a compiler-level feature that simplifies the process of managing the lifetimes of Objective-C objects. Instead of you having to remember when to retain or release an object, ARC evaluates the lifetime requirements of your objects and automatically inserts the appropriate method calls at compile time.

## Answers

### Answer by Tarun Kumar

**ARC known as Automatic Reference Counting**. ARC is a compiler-level feature that simplifies the process of managing the lifetimes of Objective-C objects. Instead of you having to remember when to retain or release an object, ARC evaluates the lifetime requirements of your objects and automatically inserts the appropriate method calls at compile time.


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