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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The new updates are very slowly to install.
TsvetalinHristov
I have been updating to the new version of XCode since yesterday and it haven't instaled yet. Please when you make the new updates try to make them easy for installment. I used it everyday and it takes forever to update.
Almost impossible to work with
IvailoN
Apple, please make XCode great again ;-) I’m not kidding though. All the new concepts in Xcode 9 are great, but they rarely work as expected. I literally can’t develop anymore, because of hangs and crashes. I can’t rely on Xcode for large projects either - it is a nightmare. Please put more efforts in making it stable and reliable.I’m giving it 5 stars, simply because I really love this product.
Device not detected
Ivan Ugrin
I am trying to debug one of my apps with the new XCode 10 and an iphone X. Tried with several cabels, restarting the usb deamon, etc. My device just won't show in the devices tab on XCode. Double checked the deployment target and device type supported in the app, everything is fine. I won't even comment the various memory leaks and cache consumption. Once XCode had consumed about 30 GB which is madness. Apple please fix your IDE, after all we are paying you at least 100$/year. I won't comment the bugs in iTunesConnect and apple developer websites.
Ridiculously slow
Hshdbdbdbd
A build that used to take 10 mins a year ago, now takes about 7 hours. Not building, simply waiting for xcode to become responsive (after clicking anywhere on its UI).I guess the problem is that I have MBP2020 and that's Apple's way of telling me it's time to buy a new one (even though this one is barely used and in perfect shape, 16GB ram, 6 core i7). The same thing happened with my previous Apple laptop after 2 years of having it. On top of that I've lost more than 100GB of disk to it. Tried uninstalling it, recovered only 4. Installed it again (same version) - lost 10 . And these 100 GB can only be recovered by reinstalling MacOS. I've used a ton of IDEs during the last 30 years, never seen a more ridiculous one.
Xcode 26.6 includes Swift 6.3.3 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 Google Gemini in the coding assistant, in addition to Anthropic Claude Agent and OpenAI Codex. It also enables use of other compatible agents through the Agent Client Protocol, and provides bug fixes and improved stability.
Version 26.6
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Size
2.4 GB
Category
Developer Tools
Compatibility
Requires macOS 26.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Mac Requires macOS 26.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
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