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title: "What is meaning of retain keyword in ios?"  
description: "What is meaning of retain keyword in ios?"  
author: "Royce Roy"  
published: 2017-01-09  
updated: 2020-09-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/23150/what-is-meaning-of-retain-keyword-in-ios  
category: "ios"  
tags: ["iphone", "ios"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is meaning of retain keyword in ios?

Specifies that retain should be invoked on the object upon assignment.takes ownership of an object

## Answers

### Answer by Royce Roy

Specifies that retain should be invoked on the object upon assignment.takes ownership of an object


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