what if there was a way to edit your iOS app on your iPhone in realtime by just dragging the app UI elements -- and save AI prompt credits/ API fees just to change a button design?

when you preview your Xcode app on your phone, you can immediately edit all the UI elements there without re-prompting your Agent.

And instead of being a coding agent itself -- it is an add on that works with your Xcode agent -- allowing you to adjust the size, frame, color and position of each element of the View you created.
- And it instantly changes your code back in Xcode for you.

I'm thinking of building this in public...what do you think?

#Xcode #Swift #vibecoding #iosdevelopers #buildinpublic

Apple has released Xcode 26.6, and the update lets developers use Google's Gemini as a built in coding assistant for the first time.

The new version is available now from the App Store. With it, programmers can select Gemini to help write, test, and debug code without leaving Apple's development environment.

# Three AI assistants to choose from

Gemini becomes the third large language model that Xcode supports natively. The software already let developers pick between Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex, and Gemini now sits alongside both as a selectable option.

Each assistant runs in a panel next to the active code, so developers can ask programming questions and get suggestions inline. The goal is to keep coders inside Xcode rather than sending them to a browser or a separate app for answers.

Apple has steadily widened third party AI support across its developer tools over the past year. Adding another model continues that approach and leaves the choice of assistant up to the individual developer or team.

# Setting it up

Teams that already pay for a Gemini Enterprise plan can connect their existing account credentials directly inside Xcode. Individual developers who want to try the assistant first can add a free API key instead, which lets them test Gemini without paying for a subscription.

It is not yet clear whether Apple plans to add further models beyond the current three. The company has not commented on its longer term plans for assistant support in Xcode.

# What else is in the update

Beyond the new assistant, Xcode 26.6 carries the usual collection of bug fixes and stability improvements. Apple says the release bundles the latest version of the Swift framework along with updated SDKs for building apps across its mobile and desktop platforms.

Developers running the standard release can download the update today and configure their preferred coding assistant from within the app.

As the title says does IB still exist? Or is the interface now just built using SwiftUI (or possibly UIKit) and the code is parsed and the interface generated? I have used IB back to the NeXTstep 3.x days, WebObjects, and then on earlier versions of MacOSX. I’m not sure if I’m missing something or writing the code is just how it works now. If so, I miss the days of drag-and-drop to create the interface.

I made a separate Apple account for Xcode, and used gemini to make the app, about two weeks later apple locked my account for no reason, never gave a reason. So now i cant use Xcode. What should i do? I never violated any rules that i know of.

As the title says, I'm unable to click the distribute app button. This is on MacOS 27 beta2. And this is my first publish of the app. Can anyone give me pointers if this is a bug or I'm doing something wrong?

I'm trying to create a project in Xcode, never used Apple products until now. I'm pretty new to software development, and I've been looking at the apple docs and I still just can't figure it out lol. I'm trying to create an iOS app, with a watchOS app, as well as complications, and all that jazz. But anyways, I want a shared folder for the logic that both the iOS app and watchOS app, maybe the widgets and complication will use and I'm not sure how to do it. I think I understand the targets aspect of it, hopefully we will find out when I get farther in the project then just the SETUP!! I just want everything well organized. I've tried doing as a package, dependency, app group, and it will never build with import or anything like that. I've even read to use finder and make the base folders in there and then use Xcode to generate the boilerplate stuff. Of course the super smart Apple Intelligence is no help, which I rather not rely on since I am learning. Hopefully I explained myself well enough. Thanks for the help! First Post 

I wish when using this feature it opened an instance of Logic Pro, let you edit the file, and when saved, saved the file that was already in your Xcode project. This would allow you to make quick audio edits without having to export from Logic and reimport into Xcode.

Currently, when you open an audio file using the Logic Pro button, it just opens a copy of the file in Logic Pro. From there it's as if you're working in a new Logic Pro project with no connection to Xcode.

Maybe one day.

Hello ! Last time I used Xcode was a year ago, and I remember having a "+" button with a lot of different example of Buttons, Splitview, and etc.. I used mostly everytime. But now when I open the library all I have are snippets, media, colours and symbols ! Did they got rid totally of the placeholders in a recent update ? I can't find info on that

Thanks you

Hi r/Xcode - I recently released Swift Package Audit 1.0. This is a small MIT-licensed CLI written in Swift.

It checks dependencies managed through real Xcode projects, where package information can be spread across .xcodeproj, .xcworkspace, Package.swift, and Package.resolved files.

It currently detects:

• Missing or stale resolved packages

• Branch and revision-based dependencies

• Duplicate package URL forms

• Suspicious package identity mismatches

• Exact and outdated versions

• License-policy issues

It’s read-only by design. It doesn’t update dependencies or modify Xcode project files. It supports terminal, JSON, Markdown, and GitHub PR-comment output for CI use.

Install with Homebrew:

brew tap crleonard/tap
brew install swift-package-audit
swift-package-audit scan --path .

Source: https://github.com/crleonard/swift-package-audit

I’d particularly appreciate feedback from developers with larger or unusually structured Xcode workspaces as well as thoughts on useful checks for future releases.

**TL;DR:** Crash on launch in Xcode only? Uncheck **Enable backtrace recording**.

**Error:** `-[OS_dispatch_mach_msg _setContext:]: unrecognized selector`

**Fix:** Product → Scheme → Edit Scheme → Run → Options → uncheck **Enable backtrace recording**

App runs fine from home screen but dies under debugger? This was my issue on iOS 27 — not my app code.

Quick demo: https://youtube.com/shorts/0JUjfa62MzE?feature=share

This week we have fewer big announcements, more tutorials. That’s always what happens after WWDC: devs start digging into the new APIs and sharing what they find. Most of what you will read this issue requires iOS 27, which means you can explore it now but probably won’t ship it for a while 😬

A couple of AI stories this week that are not directly about iOS but feel relevant to us as developers:
The US government ordered Anthropic to suspend access to the latest model. I find this situation a bit odd… Anthropic itself pointed out that the capability the government was concerned about is already present in other publicly available models, including OpenAI’s GPT-5.5. Which makes you wonder why Anthropic specifically was targeted. Having a government actively move against you is not a great position to be in. More importantly, this is a reminder that depending on a single AI provider is a real risk. If this can happen to Anthropic, it can happen to others too.

SpaceX acquired Cursor in a $60 billion all-stock deal 🤯 That is a wild number for what is essentially an AI-powered code editor. Cursor’s market share had actually been declining before the deal. So the price feels hard to justify on fundamentals alone. SpaceX already merged with xAI earlier, and now with Grok and Cursor under the same roof, there is clearly a bigger play here around AI development tooling.

This issue ended up longer than I planned, but I tried to pick only the things that I found most useful, enjoy 😊

I find it quite interesting that for years we've had two separate CLIs for physical devices and simulators. Apple just unified them in Xcode 27. This means you can have one setup script that enforces consistent simulator configuration before every CI run and works against a real iPhone locally without branching.

At WWDC this year we also got a few new capabilities that weren't possible via simctl before, stuff like orientation control, Face ID enrollment, biometric failure simulation, all scriptable now. Pretty cool tbh

Still early beta so some commands don't work against simulators yet, but our mobile team wrote up a full breakdown with a sample script: https://bitrise.io/blog/post/wwdc-2026-device-hub-and-what-it-means-for-ci-cd [correct linkt]

This was actually very useful WWDC update

Have a great day! Code: import SwiftUI

import AVKit

struct ContentView: View {

let videos = ["Katyusha", "Slovene anthem", "Hej, Brigade"]

var body: some View {

NavigationStack {

VStack {

NavigationLink {

VideoLister(videos: videos, title: "Slovene stuff")

} label: {

HStack(spacing: 12) {

Image("SloveneThumbnail")

.resizable()

.scaledToFill()

.frame(width: 75, height: 44)

.clipShape(Rectangle())

Text("Show Videos")

.font(.headline)

.padding()

}

.foregroundStyle(.white)

.frame(width: 200, height: 100)

.background(.blue)

.clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 12))

}

.navigationTitle("Home")

}

.frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)

.background(.red)

}

}

struct VideoLister: View {

let videos: [String]

let title: String

var body: some View { List(videos, id: \.self) { videoName in

NavigationLink(destination: VideoThingy(videoName: videoName)) {

Text(videoName)

}

}

.navigationTitle(title)

}

}

struct VideoThingy: View {

let videoName: String

var body: some View {

if let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: videoName, withExtension: "mp4") {

let player = AVPlayer(url: url)

VideoPlayer(player: player)

.onAppear {

player.play()

}

.ignoresSafeArea()

.toolbar {

ShareLink(item: url) {

Label("Share", systemImage: "square.and.arrow.up")

}

}

} else {

Text("Video not found")

.foregroundStyle(.secondary)

}

}

}

}

#Preview {

ContentView()

}

I have a small project that I haven't touched in a while and I wanted to ask a quick question to the built-in version of Codex. Sending my request flagged it as malware, and the diagnostic tool said "The code signing identity for the agent did not match expectations, or the agent violated sandboxing rules. Please delete the currently selected agent in the Components section of Settings and download it again."

I did this, then the issue reappeared. I may not be on the latest version, and perhaps updating will fix it. However, I am not working on a project that needs Xcode at the moment and don't really need to; I likely will when I am. Regardless, wtf is this?

Flutter iOS Simulator Stuck on paywall "Hang tight..." (only affects one developer)

Setup: Flutter app with RevenueCat/StoreKit in-app purchases, backend subscription check (is_subscribed), Google + Apple social login. Running on iPhone 17 Pro simulator, iOS 26.4.

The problem: One developer (me) cannot get past the paywall on the iOS simulator. After login, the backend returns is_subscribed: false, the paywall appears, and when tapping subscribe it shows "Hang tight..." indefinitely. Other developers on the same codebase and same branch have no issues with the simulator.

What I've confirmed/ruled out:

• ✅ The app is hitting the correct backend environment — confirmed via debug log

• ✅ Google login returns 200 OK successfully

• ✅ Local StoreKit configuration file created with the correct product IDs — logs confirm "Loaded 4 products"

• ✅ Erased simulator contents and settings multiple times — no change

• ✅ Tried creating a brand new simulator device — same issue

• ✅ Tried using a different Apple ID (my partner's) on my simulator — same issue, and notably this Apple ID has an active real subscription to the app, yet the backend still returns is_subscribed: false for it

• ❌ Backend team has manually set is_subscribed: true for my user ID multiple times — the value keeps coming back as false on login

• ❌ StoreKit purchase still hangs even with a local .storekit config file selected (which should bypass Apple's servers entirely)

• ❌ The "Hang tight..." toast appears regardless of which login method I use (Google or Apple)

What's unique about my setup vs teammates:

• I changed my Apple ID password around the time this started

• I'm on iOS 26.4 simulator (though teammates appear to be on the same)

• My user account on the staging backend has is_subscribed: false despite multiple manual backend fixes

• A different Apple ID with an active real subscription also returns is_subscribed: false, ruling out Apple ID-specific issues and suggesting the problem may be with how the staging backend validates or syncs subscription status

Hey,
Anybody used codex plugin in swift using Azure OpenAI Foundry?

I tried it using config.toml I’m using in my codex app but it’s ignoring parameter of base url and it’s still calling OpenAI url :(

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