diff --git a/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/SwiftSample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/SwiftSample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index afc3da71168..55b392e7783 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/SwiftSample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/SwiftSample.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	archiveVersion = 1;
 	classes = {
 	};
-	objectVersion = 46;
+	objectVersion = 48;
 	objects = {
 
 /* Begin PBXBuildFile section */
@@ -123,16 +123,17 @@
 			isa = PBXProject;
 			attributes = {
 				LastSwiftUpdateCheck = 0710;
-				LastUpgradeCheck = 0730;
+				LastUpgradeCheck = 0800;
 				ORGANIZATIONNAME = gRPC;
 				TargetAttributes = {
 					633BFFC11B950B210007E424 = {
 						CreatedOnToolsVersion = 6.4;
+						LastSwiftMigration = 0800;
 					};
 				};
 			};
 			buildConfigurationList = 633BFFBD1B950B210007E424 /* Build configuration list for PBXProject "SwiftSample" */;
-			compatibilityVersion = "Xcode 3.2";
+			compatibilityVersion = "Xcode 8.0";
 			developmentRegion = English;
 			hasScannedForEncodings = 0;
 			knownRegions = (
@@ -246,8 +247,10 @@
 				CLANG_WARN_DIRECT_OBJC_ISA_USAGE = YES_ERROR;
 				CLANG_WARN_EMPTY_BODY = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_ENUM_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_INFINITE_RECURSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_INT_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_OBJC_ROOT_CLASS = YES_ERROR;
+				CLANG_WARN_SUSPICIOUS_MOVE = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_UNREACHABLE_CODE = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN__DUPLICATE_METHOD_MATCH = YES;
 				"CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY[sdk=iphoneos*]" = "iPhone Developer";
@@ -292,8 +295,10 @@
 				CLANG_WARN_DIRECT_OBJC_ISA_USAGE = YES_ERROR;
 				CLANG_WARN_EMPTY_BODY = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_ENUM_CONVERSION = YES;
+				CLANG_WARN_INFINITE_RECURSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_INT_CONVERSION = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_OBJC_ROOT_CLASS = YES_ERROR;
+				CLANG_WARN_SUSPICIOUS_MOVE = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN_UNREACHABLE_CODE = YES;
 				CLANG_WARN__DUPLICATE_METHOD_MATCH = YES;
 				"CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY[sdk=iphoneos*]" = "iPhone Developer";
@@ -312,6 +317,7 @@
 				IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 8.4;
 				MTL_ENABLE_DEBUG_INFO = NO;
 				SDKROOT = iphoneos;
+				SWIFT_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL = "-Owholemodule";
 				TARGETED_DEVICE_FAMILY = "1,2";
 				VALIDATE_PRODUCT = YES;
 			};
@@ -327,6 +333,7 @@
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "io.grpc.$(PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier)";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
 				SWIFT_OBJC_BRIDGING_HEADER = "";
+				SWIFT_VERSION = 3.0;
 				USER_HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = "";
 			};
 			name = Debug;
@@ -341,6 +348,7 @@
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = "io.grpc.$(PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier)";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
 				SWIFT_OBJC_BRIDGING_HEADER = "";
+				SWIFT_VERSION = 3.0;
 				USER_HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS = "";
 			};
 			name = Release;
@@ -355,7 +363,7 @@
 				633BFFE01B950B210007E424 /* Release */,
 			);
 			defaultConfigurationIsVisible = 0;
-			defaultConfigurationName = Release;
+			defaultConfigurationName = Debug;
 		};
 		633BFFE11B950B210007E424 /* Build configuration list for PBXNativeTarget "SwiftSample" */ = {
 			isa = XCConfigurationList;
@@ -364,7 +372,7 @@
 				633BFFE31B950B210007E424 /* Release */,
 			);
 			defaultConfigurationIsVisible = 0;
-			defaultConfigurationName = Release;
+			defaultConfigurationName = Debug;
 		};
 /* End XCConfigurationList section */
 	};
diff --git a/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/SwiftSample.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/SwiftSample.xcscheme b/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/SwiftSample.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/SwiftSample.xcscheme
index bba6a02b2b4..87bca5ec681 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/SwiftSample.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/SwiftSample.xcscheme
+++ b/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/SwiftSample.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/SwiftSample.xcscheme
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <Scheme
-   LastUpgradeVersion = "0730"
+   LastUpgradeVersion = "0800"
    version = "1.3">
    <BuildAction
       parallelizeBuildables = "YES"
diff --git a/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/ViewController.swift b/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/ViewController.swift
index 66d4fa9412c..6b25e71f2d9 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/ViewController.swift
+++ b/src/objective-c/examples/SwiftSample/ViewController.swift
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController {
     // Example gRPC call using a generated proto client library:
 
     let service = RMTTestService(host: RemoteHost)
-    service.unaryCallWithRequest(request) { response, error in
+    service.unaryCall(with: request) { response, error in
       if let response = response {
         NSLog("1. Finished successfully with response:\n\(response)")
       } else {
@@ -63,40 +63,39 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController {
     // Same but manipulating headers:
 
     var RPC : GRPCProtoCall! // Needed to convince Swift to capture by reference (__block)
-    RPC = service.RPCToUnaryCallWithRequest(request) { response, error in
+    RPC = service.rpcToUnaryCall(with: request) { response, error in
       if let response = response {
         NSLog("2. Finished successfully with response:\n\(response)")
       } else {
         NSLog("2. Finished with error: \(error!)")
       }
-      NSLog("2. Response headers: \(RPC.responseHeaders)")
-      NSLog("2. Response trailers: \(RPC.responseTrailers)")
+      NSLog("2. Response headers: \(RPC.responseHeaders!)")
+      NSLog("2. Response trailers: \(RPC.responseTrailers!)")
     }
 
-    // TODO(jcanizales): Revert to using subscript syntax once XCode 8 is released.
-    RPC.requestHeaders.setObject("My value", forKey: "My-Header")
+    RPC.requestHeaders["My-Header"] = "My value";
 
     RPC.start()
 
 
     // Same example call using the generic gRPC client library:
 
-    let method = GRPCProtoMethod(package: "grpc.testing", service: "TestService", method: "UnaryCall")
+    let method = GRPCProtoMethod(package: "grpc.testing", service: "TestService", method: "UnaryCall")!
 
     let requestsWriter = GRXWriter(value: request.data())
 
-    let call = GRPCCall(host: RemoteHost, path: method.HTTPPath, requestsWriter: requestsWriter)
+    let call = GRPCCall(host: RemoteHost, path: method.httpPath, requestsWriter: requestsWriter)!
 
-    call.requestHeaders.setObject("My value", forKey: "My-Header")
+    call.requestHeaders["My-Header"] = "My value";
 
-    call.startWithWriteable(GRXWriteable { response, error in
-      if let response = response as? NSData {
+    call.start(with: GRXWriteable { response, error in
+      if let response = response as? Data {
         NSLog("3. Received response:\n\(try! RMTSimpleResponse(data: response))")
       } else {
         NSLog("3. Finished with error: \(error!)")
       }
-      NSLog("3. Response headers: \(call.responseHeaders)")
-      NSLog("3. Response trailers: \(call.responseTrailers)")
+      NSLog("3. Response headers: \(call.responseHeaders!)")
+      NSLog("3. Response trailers: \(call.responseTrailers!)")
     })
   }
 }