Comments are not displayed correctly in Xcode 16. As you can see on the included screenshot, the first /// are displayed correctly but the remaining ////////////////////////// are super small. In a programming text editor, like Xcode, all characters MUST be monospaced. Otherwise it is impossible to code. Xcode is not supposed to be a word processor. There are no parameters to fix that. It was working fine for the past 15 years on Xcode. Please fix that so I can work again. And never do that ever again. Understood?

Inside /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator I have 26GB (according to du -h) of old data that Xcode won't list under Window -> Devices & Simulators. Because of Apples decision to not let even the root user write in this directory I am unable to delete them with rm -r * or put them in the trash etc. The old runtimes are even listed in disk utility and can't be unmounted or delete from there - also due to missing permissions. How can I get rid of this if even Xcode won't list them? Also tried xcrun simctl delete all without success.

I am experiencing an issue with Xcode 16.2 (15E204a) where global workspace search does not return results from .xib files.

Xcode 16.3 simulator slow to load - unusable

Hi all, I’m looking for a way to automate the process of adding Swift Package dependencies (SPM) into an Xcode project. Right now, I’m doing this manually via: Xcode → Project → Swift Packages → Add Package Dependency... But I’d like to script this step — ideally as part of a CI/CD pipeline or a setup script. I explored the xcodeproj Ruby gem, but it doesn’t support adding SPM packages, and there's no official support for editing the .xcodeproj structure related to Swift Packages. So my question is: Is there any Apple-supported or community-supported way to programmatically add Swift Package dependencies to an Xcode project or workspace? Would love to know if anyone has: Used xcodebuild, xcodegen, or other tools for this Explored editing project files directly (like project.pbxproj or Package.resolved) Found any API or CLI hooks from Apple for this Thanks in advance!

I have an old Xcode project that I am adding tests to, and at a high level I see the code coverage percent (the 2.2% number). However, in the detail view, code coverage only shows on the testing bundle, not in the main app bundle. Anyone have any tips on how to fix this?

When I thought Xcode could not get any worse, here's the most absurd thing I have ever seen developing software in almost 20 years of work. When building a project, which I haven't touched lately, and last time it was building just fine, it raised errors on a class that doesn't even belong in any way to such project, it only exists in another one. To clarify, we're talking of a project written in C++ which runs only on mac, which is failing due to linker errors, where the linker can not find symbols of a class living in a different project and that is not referenced in any way inside this project. I mean, really? how does Apple manage to make Xcode more and more unstable by the minute? Starting from Xcode 15.1 I was already experiencing much longer building times, due to the fact that it doesn't manage the cache properly and is rebuilding lots of stuff every time..

I have Xcode on my mac. I am iOS Dev. I do not know what version of Xcode was before I did next steps, but I could say that I had iOS Simulator 18.3.1. So I update my Xcode to Version 16.3 (16E140). At this version is available iOS Simulator 18.4. But from some time before Xcode separate downloading components and actual Xcode itself. So i make update and do not download latest iOS simulator. What i have: in Xcode -> Settings -> Components under " Other Installed Platforms" i have iOS 18.3.1 and 17.5 in Choose Destination dropdown menu i have nothing. And Xcode say me that i need install iOS Simulator. After some time with ChatGPT I could not do nothing from this. I try go to : Window -> Device and Simulators and here create new simulator with 18.3.1 and make it appear Always. But it didn't help. Solution I did: I download latest version 18.4 because i could not wait because i need fix bug only 1 hour shift and it was this hour so i fast download the simulator. After downloading 18.4 in Choose Destination dropdown it appears all versions of simulaors and 18.3.1 and that i created and 17.5 Question: Does Xcode force to install latest version of iOS simulator? What is the sense of this upgrade that now Xcode is updating faster because it download 8 GB not 16 if eventually I need download 8 GB again ? The new what i could do download Xcode in the evening and Simulator in the morning?

Hi, We are facing issues on ios simulators os version 18, "Simulator device failed to install the application. Failed to create promise. Underlying error (domain=IXErrorDomain, code=2):" Due to this error simulator is unable to install the application. we are facing this intermittently. xcode version : Xcode.16.0.0.16A242d.app ios simulator runtime : com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-18-0 ios simulator : com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimDeviceType.iPhone-16 mac os version : macOS 15.4 we have tried upgrading to xcode Xcode.16.1.0.16B40.app and ios simulator runtime to 18.1 but its not working. Also we have rebooted xcode, not helping. *Exact error message : ** org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Could not start a new session. Response code 500. Message: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Error running 'install': An error was encountered processing the command (domain=IXErrorDomain, code=2): Simulator device failed to install the application. Failed to create promise. Underlying error (domain=IXErrorDomain, code=2): Failed to set icon resources promise for com.yyyy.xxxx Failed to create promise. Host info: host: 'uci-macmini-019lab3b.local', ip: 'fe80:0:0:0:1caf:6627:141d:f464%en0' Build info: version: '4.30.0', revision: '509c7f17cc' System info: os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'aarch64', os.version: '15.3.1', java.version: '11.0.25' Driver info: com.mypackage.common.drivers.CustomIosDriver$ByteBuddy$g865VfU3 Command: [null, newSession {capabilities=[{appium:webviewConnectTimeout=120000, appium:autoAcceptAlerts=true, appium:app=/Users/mobileci/.buildkite-agent/builds/uci-macmini-019lab3b/mypackage/e2e-test-ios-simulator/8155f349-18b9-413c-9d17-dcb064986154/test_artifacts/target.app, appium:includeSafariInWebviews=true, appium:locale=US, appium:mjpegServerPort=52715, appium:newCommandTimeout=600000, appium:waitForIdleTimeout=3, appium:derivedDataPath=/Users/mobileci/.buildkite-agent/builds/uci-macmini-019lab3b/mypackage/e2e-test-ios-simulator/8155f349-18b9-413c-9d17-dcb064986154/appium_wda_ios/, appium:wdaConnectionTimeout=300000, appium:wdaLaunchTimeout=300000, appium:processArguments={env={E2E_TESTING=YES, RUN_UUID=8155f349-18b9-413c-9d17-dcb064986154}}, appium:automationName=XCUITest, appium:fullReset=true, appium:udid=F266ECC3-FD23-464D-B0C3-576EB48B2FF5, appium:deviceName=E2ESimulator, appium:wdaLocalPort=52714, appium:showXcodeLog=true, appium:webkitDebugProxyPort=52716, appium:noReset=false, appium:language=en, platformName=IOS, appium:simpleIsVisibleCheck=true}], desiredCapabilities=Capabilities {app: /Users/mobileci/.buildkite-..., autoAcceptAlerts: true, automationName: XCUITest, derivedDataPath: /Users/mobileci/.buildkite-..., deviceName: E2ESimulator, fullReset: true, includeSafariInWebviews: true, language: en, locale: US, mjpegServerPort: 52715, newCommandTimeout: 600000, noReset: false, platformName: IOS, processArguments: {env: {E2E_TESTING: YES, RUN_UUID: 8155f349-18b9-413c-9d17-dcb...}}, showXcodeLog: true, simpleIsVisibleCheck: true, udid: F266ECC3-FD23-464D-B0C3-576..., waitForIdleTimeout: 3, wdaConnectionTimeout: 300000, wdaLaunchTimeout: 300000, wdaLocalPort: 52714, webkitDebugProxyPort: 52716, webviewConnectTimeout: 120000}}] Capabilities {app: /Users/mobileci/.buildkite-..., autoAcceptAlerts: true, automationName: XCUITest, derivedDataPath: /Users/mobileci/.buildkite-..., deviceName: E2ESimulator, fullReset: true, includeSafariInWebviews: true, language: en, locale: US, mjpegServerPort: 52715, newCommandTimeout: 600000, noReset: false, platformName: IOS, processArguments: {env: {E2E_TESTING: YES, RUN_UUID: 8155f349-18b9-413c-9d17-dcb...}}, showXcodeLog: true, simpleIsVisibleCheck: true, udid: F266ECC3-FD23-464D-B0C3-576..., waitForIdleTimeout: 3, wdaConnectionTimeout: 300000, wdaLaunchTimeout: 300000, wdaLocalPort: 52714, webkitDebugProxyPort: 52716, webviewConnectTimeout: 120000} at

It didn't happen with Xcode 16.2 that I used before, but after updating to 16.3, when I build the app, the following error is output to the console and the app doesn't run. dyld[2150]: Symbol not found: ___cxa_current_primary_exception Referenced from: <6B00A4F2-B208-3FDB-BA38-B7095AF0034A> /private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/B590DB18-9C66-4C9E-8330-104943419E60/Mubeat DEV.app/Mubeat DEV.debug.dylib Expected in: <7F51CB08-A0CA-386E-BB62-4B8BFB0CED9F> /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib Symbol not found: ___cxa_current_primary_exception Referenced from: <6B00A4F2-B208-3FDB-BA38-B7095AF0034A> /private/var/containers/Bundle/Application/B590DB18-9C66-4C9E-8330-104943419E60/Mubeat DEV.app/Mubeat DEV.debug.dylib Expected in: <7F51CB08-A0CA-386E-BB62-4B8BFB0CED9F> /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib dyld config: DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/system/introspection DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/usr/lib/libBacktraceRecording.dylib:/usr/lib/libMainThreadChecker.dylib:/usr/lib/libRPAC.dylib:/Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DTDDISupport.framework/libViewDebuggerSupport.dylib After looking for another solution, I found a way to remove the -Objc option in Other Linker Flags, but this method only works on iOS 18.4 and doesn't work on other versions. Is there another solution?

I updated the icons in Xcode to customize the appearance of my app icons to be light, dark, or tinted. The app is allowed to be downloaded and run on iPadOS. The app icon behaves as expected on iOS however the app icon does not change on the iPad. Am I missing a step for the iPad? To be clear the app does not target iPadOS rather it is just running the iOS version. Thanks kof

When I use Xcode to develop the apps, the connection to my own Apple Watch is failed. The simulator has been downloaded, but it still displayed"watchOS10.0 Not Installed". The developer options were opened, I click the"trust this computer" but it always display"Connecting to *** Apple Watch". My iPhone can be connected normally.

Hi, This maybe somewhat confusing, but please bear with me. I currently have an app in the App Store that supports iOS and tvOS. But the tvOS version was a separate app during the development process. I'd like to combine the iOS and tvOS app into one project so its easier to handle and keep track of internally. Can I upload the new Apple TV version to the same place where the current one is, or would I have to delete the current Apple TV version before uploading the newly combined version? I hope I made that clear enough :-) Thank you, Dan Uff

I've recently upgraded my project from Xcode 15 to Xcode 16. Without changing any build settings or compiler flags, I noticed that the final executable size has increased significantly when building the same C++ code. Investigation: To investigate further, I compared the Link Map outputs from both versions of Xcode. One key difference I found: The symbol size for std::sort increased from 4,336 bytes (Xcode 15) to 6,084 bytes (Xcode 16) – a ~40% increase. This seems to be part of a broader trend where other standard library symbols are also taking up more space in the binary when built with Xcode 16. Questions: Has Apple Clang or libc++ in Xcode 16 changed the implementation of STL algorithms like std::sort? Are there changes in inlining, template instantiation, or debug info that could explain the increase? Is this expected behavior? If so, is there any guidance on minimizing the binary size regression?

I'd like to point to comments about my code from outside the coding file to keep the code easier to read, but still have the comments show in Xcode's Quick Help. I've grown to appreciate lengthier comments, including Examples for demonstrating values that explain what calculations are doing. My DocC formatted comments have quickly reach 25 lines and some would benefit from even more lines than that, which I do not want to bloat my code files with. I have tried to find a way to abstract these lines into a .docc file that references the given property, and the following markdown successfully shows this when I run Build Documentation. However, clicking on this property fails to show any comments in Quick Help, even though they did prior to my moving them to an .md file. Unfortunately, I'd prefer reading these in the future in Quick Help over Xcode's Developer Documentation Window. I haven't used markdown in decades, so I'm hoping I'm merely making a markdown mistake someone can find below. For reference, InvItem is a SwiftData Model and circularDepletionArcValue is the property failing to show in Quick Help after the following got moved to a .docc file, but had previously shown in QuickHelp, and still does compile within Developer Documentation. `# ``InvItem/circularDepletionArcValue`` A computed property that determines the fill percentage of a circular arc based on the number of days until the inventory runs out. ## Overview The calculation follows these rules: - Returns 0.01 (minimum visible value) for less than 1 day - Returns 1.0 (full circle) for more than 11 days - Returns a proportional value between 0.1 and 1.0 for 1-11 days ## Examples ```swift let item = InvItem() item.daysTilRunOut = 0 item.circularDepletionArcValue // Returns 0.01 item.daysTilRunOut = 5 item.circularDepletionArcValue // Returns 0.5 item.daysTilRunOut = 12 item.circularDepletionArcValue // Returns 1.0

Hi, after recently upgrading Xcode to the latest version, I encountered a new bug that prevented me from building the app on my iPhone. Puzzlingly, the app still builds and runs fine on a simulator. Because I am working with a Swift Playground file, the option is not available to simply change the architecture setting. I found a similar setting within the Schemes, but after trying a combination of different architecture settings, the app still doesn't build properly. I noticed the BuildAction seemed to be changing, so I believe that the setting was properly affecting the Architecture setting. Even with a separate dummy test project (SwiftPM), I still ran into the same issues. I updated my iPhone OS to the latest version as well after initially encountering the bug. I'm wondering if anybody is running into the same issues, and if any solutions have been found.

My build succeeded but I immediately got the following pop-up error: Executable Path is a Directory Domain: DVTMachOErrorDomain Code: 5 Recovery Suggestion: /Users/myname/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Myapp-dwsmxozkmjfflagroxubgbfvahwq/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/Myapp.app is not a valid path to an executable file. User Info: {DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2025-04-17 11:54:27 +0000"} Executable Path is a Directory Domain: DVTMachOErrorDomain Code: 5 Recovery Suggestion: /Users/myname/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Myname-dwsmxozkmjfflagroxubgbfvahwq/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/Myname.app is not a valid path to an executable file. System Information macOS Version 15.5 (Build 24F5053f) Xcode 16.3 (23785) (Build 16E140) Applied and Failed Fixes: Upgrade to MacOS 15.5 Beta pod deintegrate/podinstall uninstall and reinstall Xcode Delete DerivedData folder Edit info.plist Executable File name

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json?input=station%20bab%20saadoun&key=GOOGLE_API_KEY&components=country:TN func googleAutocomplete(for query: String, completion: @escaping ([GooglePlaces]) -> Void) { let apiKey = GoogleMapAPIs.shared.apiKey let baseURL = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json" guard let url = URL(string: "\(baseURL)?input=\(query)&key=\(apiKey)&components=country:TN") else { print("Invalid URL") completion([]) return } print(url) let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in if let error = error { print("Error fetching data: \(error.localizedDescription)") completion([]) return } guard let data = data else { print("No data received") completion([]) return } do { let decodedResponse = try JSONDecoder().decode(GooglePlacesResponse.self, from: data) completion(decodedResponse.predictions) } catch { print("Decoding error: \(error)") completion([]) } } task.resume() } struct GooglePlaces: Codable { let title: String? let region: StructuredFormatting? let placeID: String? enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey { case title = "description" case region = "structured_formatting" case placeID = "place_id" } } struct StructuredFormatting: Codable { let main_text: String let secondary_text: String? } struct GooglePlacesResponse: Codable { let predictions: [GooglePlaces] } Error fetching data: The network connection was lost.

I can‘t use breakpoints on the simulator after updating Xcode and the simulator. I can use breakpoints on a physical iPhone. I tired to download other iOS simulator version, but still not working. Both SwiftUI and UIKit not working. Xcode version: 16.2 SDK version: 18.2 (22C146) Simulator version: 18.3.1 (22D8075) Mac OS version: 15.4 Beta Couldn't find the Objective-C runtime library in loaded images. Message from debugger: The LLDB RPC server has crashed. You may need to manually terminate your process. The crash log is located in ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports and has a prefix 'lldb-rpc-server'. Please file a bug and attach the most recent crash log.

I have one of our developer when he attempts to login to xcode on his macos device, he get a message that account is not found but he has an account and he logs in to app developer portal with no issue. Thanks