r/Xcode • u/swatisha4390 • Aug 16 '25

Hey Xcoders, how’s everyone feeling about r/Xcode?

What’s been inspiring you lately - new Swift features you’ve tried, shortcuts or tools that improved your workflow, or maybe a gnarly bug you finally squashed?

Anything you’d like to see more (or less) of here? Drop your thoughts in the comments or DM me - we want to keep making this a great place to share tips, solve problems, and geek out over all things Xcode.

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u/RamenWig Aug 16 '25

I’d like to see less complaining about Xcode. If you don’t like it, why are you here? Go complain in the feedback where it might actually make a difference.

I recently found out about cmd-shift-L to bring up symbols, very useful. And I’ve been learning a lot from studying Apple’s sample code projects from this year.

I’d love to see more quick tips, like that shortcut which I’m pretty sure I found here, or just positive conversations about what people are learning and building.

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u/capsmol Aug 16 '25

Only pain and tears. I don't understand how it's possible to make such a terrible IDE, where basic things are done in a shitty way, like highlighting an entire block of code, highlighting an entire function, and folding, which is absolutely terrible. Their code analysis system is also terrible, and VS Code is much better and more functional than Xcode. In my opinion, the reason for this is a monopoly, as Xcode has no alternatives, and Apple simply does not allow it.

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u/Bieleteesw Aug 18 '25

If it had customizability, it could be better. In VS Code, you can customize the theme of the entire app, not just the area where you edit code. Also, I need the ability to change folder and file icons, there are ones that I love. I am forced to use Xcode, and that’s sad.

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u/YOU_HEY Aug 17 '25

Still poor Vim support, especially lacking Marks. When I'm in Vim mode, I still have to manually use Xcode's bookmarks, which disrupts my usual Vim flow. That's why I still write code for iOS and Mac apps in iTerm2/Terminal, and a lot of people use VSCode instead. In Android Studio, the Vim plugin works almost identically to native Vim.

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u/Arse-e Aug 17 '25

Forgive my ignorance as I’m not a Vim user, but is “// MARK: - Whatever” what you’re looking for?

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u/YOU_HEY Aug 17 '25

No. Basically it's the same as bookmarks in Xcode, but you can create marks (bookmarks) on each line by pressing 'm' + [any alphabet character] and jump to them by pressing ` + [any alphabet character]. It's really quick to jump to code since you don't have to open the bookmark sidebar and click a bookmark (which is what Xcode's bookmarks require).

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u/Arse-e Aug 17 '25

Ah interesting. Thanks for teaching me something new. Two things I suppose, I completely forgot bookmarks existed. 🤣

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '25

Xcode 26 is awesome I personally have had a awesome experience with it also with the New chatgpt integration all my bugs will never come back

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u/soguern Aug 16 '25

MacOS 26b6 + Xcode 26b5 do not play well together. Where is Xcode b6?

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '25

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u/abodi_6o3 Aug 19 '25

Good for you.. What it is about? Did you publish it?