Xcode 4+
Developer Tools
Apple
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- Free
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Description
Xcode offers all the tools you need to craft great apps for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Apple Vision Pro, and Mac. It enables a unified workflow that spans from the earliest stages of app development to testing, debugging, optimization, and app distribution to testers and users. And with the Swift programming language, Xcode makes developing apps easy and fun.
Xcode includes a world-class code editor with an on-device machine learning model trained for Swift and Apple SDKs, a built-in preview tool that shows the UI of your app as you modify code, and a powerful debugger with conditional breakpoints.
Xcode also includes companion tools to help you rapidly prototype and test your app. Simulator enables rapid prototyping and testing your app in a simulated environment when a real device isn’t available. Instruments helps you profile and analyze your app, improve performance, and investigate system resource usage. And you can use Reality Composer Pro to create 3D content, train custom machine learning models with Create ML, and identify potential accessibility issues with Accessibility Inspector.
To test or run applications on an Apple device, all you need is a free Apple ID. To submit your apps to the App Store you must be a member of the Apple Developer Program. Some features may require Internet access and may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices.
What’s New
Version 16.3
Xcode 16.3 includes Swift 6.1 and SDKs for iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, tvOS 18.4, watchOS 11.4, visionOS 2.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4.
This update adds the Processor Trace instrument for hardware analysis of CPU execution on supported Apple silicon devices, adds support for testing GameKit leaderboards and achievements locally, adds support for JSON5 in the Source Editor, and provides bug fixes and improved stability.
Ratings and Reviews
Für Einsteiger schwierig
Schreibe seit 30 Jahren Software. Angefangen bei Basic, Fortran, Pascal, C, bis C++ oder SQL, PHP und andere. Habe Schwierigkeiten den Einstieg in Xcode zu finden. Bin von den unendlichen Möglichkeiten erschlagen. Bisher habe ich alle Sprachen/Umgebungen autodidaktisch gelernt. Mit Xcode ist das eine harte Nuss. Tutorials helfen schon, aber….. Ich wünschte mir eine reduzierte Version "Xcode-Light“, die höchstens die Hälfte kann, aber sehr schlank, übersichtlich und intuitiv ist.
An outdated development environment
I just say one thing: Cannot refactor Swift code. Swift is in the game for quite a while, Xcode is still not able to refactor it.
Working with the build system and settings is a nightmare when you have a lot of depencies what you usually have.
Can the interface builder get more complicated? Yes it can! Working with a team on storyboard and nib files became so messy with all the merge conficts you have, so we quit using interface builder.
Another problem is debugging contraint issues with designs done in interface builder. This is just a nightmare. So we do our UI in code with 3rd party libraries, because the constraint api is also too complicated to use.
I give two stars now, because after some years of having this feature, automatic code signing finaly works so we can use it!
Love it
Having been a software developer for over 30 years (learned z80 assembler in 1980 ish!) and worked with xocde/objective c/swift for 8, really enjoy xocde. It does what it does without getting in the way.
Note that xcode does things differently to other developments environments, that doesn’t mean it’s slow or inefficient, but it does mean adjustments to your workflow. If you do make the adjustments to your workflow then it’s delightful.
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Information
- Provider
- Apple Distribution International
- Size
- 3.2 GB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 15.2 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2003–2024 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
- Price
- Free