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title: "What is xib in iOS?"  
description: "What is xib in iOS?"  
author: "Sunil Singh"  
published: 2017-01-10  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/23162/what-is-xib-in-ios  
category: "ios"  
tags: ["iphone", "ios", "iphone sdk", "ipad"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is xib in iOS?

The .xib file extension is related to interface builder files. **XIB** stands for the XML Interface Builder that is graphics editing software used to design graphical user interface of application software products.The generated files are either stored as NIB or XIB files copied to application bundle and loaded at run time into the memory that provides user interface to the application.

## Answers

### Answer by Sunil Singh

The .xib file extension is related to interface builder files. **XIB** stands for the XML Interface Builder that is graphics editing software used to design graphical user interface of application software products.The generated files are either stored as NIB or XIB files copied to application bundle and loaded at run time into the memory that provides user interface to the application.


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