C Functions

C functions are exposed in the JavaScript context as JavaScript functions. Consider the following C declarations:

// UIGraphics.h
CGContextRef UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

// CGContext.h
void CGContextAddArc(CGContextRef c, CGFloat x, CGFloat y,
  CGFloat radius, CGFloat startAngle, CGFloat endAngle, int clockwise);

void CGContextFillPath(CGContextRef c);

You can use these C functions from JavaScript:

var MyControl = UIControl.extend({
    // ...
    drawRect: function (rect) {
        var ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
        this.dotBackgroundColor.setFill();
        CGContextAddArc(ctx, this.xCenter, this.yCenter, this.maxRadius, 0, Math.PI * 2, 0);
        CGContextFillPath(ctx);
    }
});

For more information about function arguments see:

• Marshalling
• C Pointers

Variadic Functions are not Available

All variadic C functions are not available:

int fprintf(FILE *, const char *, ...);

All C functions with va_list parameter are not available:

CF_EXPORT
CFStringRef CFStringCreateWithFormatAndArguments(CFAllocatorRef alloc, CFDictionaryRef formatOptions, CFStringRef format, va_list arguments) CF_FORMAT_FUNCTION(3,0);

Inline Functions are not Available

Inline functions are not available at runtime. Consider the following:

NS_INLINE MKCoordinateSpan MKCoordinateSpanMake(CLLocationDegrees latitudeDelta, CLLocationDegrees longitudeDelta)
{
    MKCoordinateSpan span;
    span.latitudeDelta = latitudeDelta;
    span.longitudeDelta = longitudeDelta;
    return span;
}

Invocations of MKCoordinateSpanMake in Objective-C will inline the function body in-place of the invocation. The native library that is produced however may not have a MKCoordinateSpanMake symbol. Such functions are not exposed in the JavaScript.

There are exceptions, we have written by hand, for convenience:

• CGPointMake
• CGRectMake
• CGSizeMake
• UIEdgeInsetsMake
• NSMakeRange

These 5 functions can be used from JavaScript.