How do I disable NSLog? - objective-c

Question

I'd like to do the following in Xcode:
Find all NSLog commands without comments, and replace it with //NSLog...
In other words, I want to comment all NSLog calls. Is this possible? Is there an easy way to do this?

Answer 1

wait there is far more simple method. Just add the following lines when you dont need NSLOG to your constants file
#define NSLog //
and comment it when you need it.
EDIT: In latest Xcode, you get error on above statement. So I figured out the best way is
#define NSLog(...)

Answer 2

Update:
The answer bellow is actually much better. See here.
Initial answer:
There is a little hack that you could do. Search for all NSLog and replace them with //NSLog and than do another search for ////NSLog and replace them with //NSLog.

Answer 3

#define NSLog if(1) NSLog
if you dont want log set 1 as 0.

Answer 4

I have to do a separate answer because I cant comment yet, but one thing you really need to be careful about when you do a find and replace is something like this:
if(BOOL)
NSLog(#"blah blah");
[self doSomething];
If you comment out the nslog, the conditional gets associated with the method below it, correct me if I'm wrong

Answer 5

The answers you have are correct for your question. But. Your real question is how to turn of NSLogs in certain conditions. i.e. you want them to show for Debug builds, and not for Release builds. In which case try defining and using the DLog() macro as described on Cocoa Is My Girlfriend. If you're using Xcode4 it's even easier because the Debug and Release builds define and undefine DEBUG so you don't have to do that.
It's a lot easier than commenting and uncommenting lines of code.

Answer 6

#ifdef RELEASE
#define NSLog(...) do { } while (0)
#endif
is the best way i found so far.

Answer 7

#define NSLog(...)
add this line into your .pch file
if you want log than comment it

Answer 8

You can do this in a single find and replace operation. You can just do this simple Regular Expression replace. This handles both the commented(//) and non-commented lines. This also works even if the previous commented lines has more than two forward slashes(like ///)instead of rwo. You can refer this link. Do the following steps.
Select Edit > Find > Find and Replace in Workspace
Style => Regular Expression
Type (/)*(NSLog.*) in Find field.
Do the find operation.
Type //\2 in the Replace field.
Do the replace operation.
Enjoy the beauty of regular expressions ;-)

Answer 9

I would do this
#define EnableNSLog 1
#if EnableNSLog == 0
#define NSLog //
#elif EnableNSLog == 1
#warning Disable NSLog
#endif
This should generate a warning message to remind me to disable NSLog before final release.

Answer 10

right click on NSLog statement in xcode and select "find in project" as text.you would be prompted to a new window where you can follow the guidance given by Mihai Fratu.
TNQ

Answer 11

in the Menu bar : Edit > Find > Find and Replace in Workspace
then, display options to use regular expressions.
search/replace for "[^/]NSLog"

Answer 12

How to disable NSLog in Xcode for Production stage
Add #define NSLog in appName-Prefix.pch file in Supporting Files Folder of your project
and result file code look like...
// Prefix header for all source files of the 'NSLog' target in the 'NSLog' project
//
#import <Availability.h>
#ifndef __IPHONE_4_0
#warning "This project uses features only available in iOS SDK 4.0 and later."
#endif
#ifdef __OBJC__
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#endif
//Add this to disable NSLog
#define NSLog //

Answer 13

You can use following Preprocessor Directives, it will not go with release mode.
So you don't have to commenting NSLog().
#ifdef DEBUG
NSLog(#"YOUR MESSAGE HERE!");
#endif

Answer 14

try this also:
#define NSLog(#"YOUR MESSAGE HERE!") do { } while (0)

Answer 15

Add the following line to your .pch file
#define NSLog
for enable comment it