Xcode offers the tools you need to develop, test, and distribute apps for Apple platforms, including predictive code completion, generative intelligence powered by the best coding models, advanced profiling and debugging tools, and simulators for Apple devices. 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.
Simulator enables rapid prototyping and testing of 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 Icon Composer to design stunning layered icons out of Liquid Glass, Reality Composer Pro to create spatial 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 Account. 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 in all regions or on all Apple devices.
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Not great, not terrible
Mateusz Sądel
Well, I've been using Xcode for quite some time and its look&feel is nice and quite clean. That's what makes it special among many other IDEs. Buuuut when you work with bigger projects it's often failing at syntax analysis and refactoring. Those features barely do their job and you have to do all the renaming, extraction and other repetitive stuff manually. There's also an issue with pbxproj being damaged when you merge your branches so beware and ready some other editor to find out where the project structure is broken. When it comes to debugging LLDB is not even trying to be helpful. It's slow and often fails with criptic messages.
Things may be missing, but it's getting there...
PedroSolisG
I'm not going to lie: Xcode could certainly be much better given the budget and its widespread usage among native developers.That being said, I've been using Xcode for a solid 8 years now, and I've noticed more improvements in the last two years than ever before. Are these improvements groundbreaking? Not necessarily, but let's not deceive ourselves: Xcode performs well as an iOS IDE, especially with its seamless ecosystem. The ability to use different simulators and debug across all Apple devices is incredibly convenient.Where Xcode falls short is in its lack of an extension library and deep IDE customization that other IDEs, such as Webstorm or free options like Visual Studio, offer. However, when it comes to developing native Apple apps, no other IDE makes it simpler!
Still missing main features
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I cannot understand how such a big company as Apple can't make IDE at least as good as others can. Watching variable values at runtime is a nightmare (entering commands for each check everytime in LLDB console? really!?). Conditional breakpoints and name refactoring work's ocasionally or not at all. Testing frameworks for iOS fall into two categories: 1. simply bad (XCTest) or 2. terrible (KIF, Quick etc). It seems like Apple lives in a parallel universe where there is no Jetbrains IDEs or testing frameworks like TestNG... Apple, just check them out and do the same. At the end you can even say it is a breakthrough (although competition had it 10 years ago) and it's your invention. JUST DO IT!
Terrible ide for launch Simulator of iOS device
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I have a macbook on 128 gb, so i should have more than 50 gb free space for installation this terrible ide, but on store in description wrote that ide use near 20 gb. Also when you will be use this idle for launch ios simulation free space on your pc will be decrease with time free space will be smalled, so you also with time should clean your device or maybe even reset settings to default. I don't know what i should do with this, an apple, made all for in order to anyone in the world don't like this idle.
Xcode 26.5 includes Swift 6.3.2 and SDKs for iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, tvOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, and macOS 26.5.
This update adds support for queuing messages in the coding assistant while a response is still generating, and lets agents ask clarifying questions for more accurate results. It also adds support for a new billing plan in StoreKit Testing, and includes bug fixes and improved stability.
Version 26.5
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