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What's up with the .NIB -> .XIB?

I want to know what is difference between xib and nib,I know some thing like xib = xml interface builder and nib is next interface builder,but I am not clear with difference between both ,please help me for it.

Thanks in advance.

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  • This question is worded better than the supposed duplicate. Here is another duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3726400/what-is-the-difference-between-nib-and-xib-interface-builder-file-formats – Suragch Jun 17 '15 at 06:15

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A Xib is more or less an XML document, it is the uncompiled read/write version of a nib. Once you compile a xib it becomes a nib.

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