Swift Alamofire VS AFNetworking

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I am developing an app using Swift. I want to call a REST API. I found there are two popular libraries, AFNetworking and Alamofire. But I don't know which is better (is more popular or has more features).

Can anybody suggest what are the main differences between Alamofire and AFNetworking?

Both are equal. For Swift you can use Alamofire and for Objective-C you can use AFNetworking. — Ashish Kakkad, Oct 07 '15 at 09:22
try both and benchmark for your application. if you're not using a lot of functionality write you own based on benchmark and remove the bloat. — μολὼν.λαβέ, Sep 28 '16 at 19:10

score 86 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 07 '16 at 09:07

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AFNetworking and Alamofire are by the same people (the Alamofire Software Foundation), Alamofire is their Swift version whereas AFNetworking is the Objective-C version.

Feature wise they are the same.

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+1 for addressing the OP's actual question (what are the main differences) and providing more information than the accepted answer. – Patrick Aug 04 '16 at 17:23

score 83 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '15 at 09:25

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Use AFNetworking if you use Objective-C

Use Alamofire if you use Swift

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@Puvanarajan which method? – Arsen Oct 07 '15 at 10:03
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what if you are building an app that uses both objective C and swift – hariszaman Mar 22 '16 at 15:40
@hariszaman I'd recommend use Alamofire and then use a bridge for objective C code base. https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/BuildingCocoaApps/MixandMatch.html – Arsen Mar 22 '16 at 15:47
@Arsen it doesn't work out of box you have to implement some wrapper – hariszaman May 09 '16 at 13:21
Alamofire does not provide all the features btw. – Ivan Aug 23 '19 at 13:22

score 10 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 21 '17 at 12:02

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If you are developing app using Objective-C then you must go with the AFNetworking.

Other wise if you are developing with the Swift then try the latest release of Alamofire.

In both the libraries Networking is done asynchronously. Only difference is Alamofire is no longer supported on iOS 7 due to the lack of support for frameworks.

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answered Oct 07 '15 at 12:42

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score 9 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 03 '18 at 00:47

AFNetworking:

This is the objective -C version of the library.
This is very powerful and you could install this in your Swift project and use it as a bridge to the swift project.

Alamofire:

This is the Swift version of AFNetworking.
But not all the features of AFNetworking are included.

If you are good at Objective-C use AFNetworking. If not, use Alamofire. It is simple and many resources are available for Swift.

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 12 '19 at 11:34

AFNetworking is an Objective-C networking library for iOS, macOS and tvOS. It is a robust library that has been around for many years. From basic networking to advanced features such as Network Reachability and SSL Pinning, AFNetworking has it all. It is one of the most popular iOS libraries of all time with almost 50 million downloads.

Alamofire is AFNetworking’s successor but is written in Swift. The two libraries share a similar feature set, with the main difference being the language in which they are written.

If you are starting a brand new Swift project, my recommendation is to use Alamofire so that your core networking library is consistent with your own source code. Otherwise, both AFNetworking and Alamofire are great options.

Source : Raywenderlich

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