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After a long time I decided to update to latest macos Tahoe 26.5 on my 2019 16 inch intel mac and then went to app store and update xcode. After that xcode never starts, it asks do i want to install components to which i say yes, it installs and then when i open xcode again it asks again do i want to install components and this goes in an infinite loop.

Occasionally it also crashes but never fully opens. How did apple push such buggy xcode update to app store? Anyone else facing this and what is the solution?

I just updated to Sequoia because I needed to update xcode

Apparently 26.3 is the latest xcode version that will run on sequoia but xcode is at 26.5 or something now and I so can't download it from the app store and the apple developer downloads page only shows 26.5 too

I don't want to update to Tahoe yet is there any way I can update xcode? Idk why Apple makes this so hard bruh

Estou querendo hospedar 2 apps meus , só que só tenho uma conta , preciso de outra já pronta , alguém disponível ?

It's been a few months since the original Xcode 26.3 release that introduced agentic coding inside Xcode, but the original issues (especially massive context bloat and opaque tool calling) persist into v26.5. And we are still officially locked into using Claude or Codex within Xcode's agentic harness.

ProxyPilot is a free and open-source utility for macOS that gives devs the ability to change what upstream model the Xcode Agent talks to, preserving tool-calling and chained requests across dozens of providers. It sits between Xcode and the upstream API. Xcode thinks it's talking to a supported provider, but your requests actually go to whichever model you pick.

It also supports local inference via LM Studio and Ollama.

The latest version enables (optional) full prompt logging, session history, and more support for additional providers. Since Xcode does not show the actual inputs/outputs of your agent chats, ProxyPilot can show the full content of what the LLM providers actually see, allowing you more control over how to design effective prompts and save on quota and tokens.

ProxyPilot v1.8.9 for macOS Tahoe

The idea is to use the AI agent as a tutor to learn/refresh/update Swift, SwiftUI and the Apple SDK, with the final objective of start building apps.

Note: I did develop (traditional way, no AI) some iOS apps 5 years ago, as a personal project, nothing professional. I understand the iOS Development concepts, but I am not up to speed with the latest releases of Swift, SwiftUI, SDK, tools and advances with the AI integration.

Thanks

You've been paginating SwiftUI lists wrong. onAppear is not the trigger you think it is.

News:
- Rosetta sunset confirmed, macOS 27 is the last release to support it
- Xcode 26.5 + iOS 26.5 are out

Must Read:
- the full iOS rendering pipeline most devs never think about
- why SwiftUI's format parameter makes string interpolation look naive
- the scenePhase trap that only appears inside UIHostingController
- onScrollGeometryChange and why your paginated list needs it
- a use case for .fixedSize

Toolbox:
- free open-source ASO tool built on Apple's public iTunes Search API

Hi,

I know only basics of Swift and Xcode, I did learn it years ago. I'm making some apps for myself, and I'm amazed by the output Claude Code generates.

I'm still learning, thinking what is the best approach for this kind of thing.

Most of the time I use the Claude extension in Xcode, and I talk to Claude using the assistant side window.

Anyway let's say there is simple app coded in Python or C++ or whatever, and I would like to use that code's logic etc. and create a Mac or iOS app using Claude Code mostly.

Should I put the let's say Python code in same folder as my Xcode project, and tell code to read it and "learn it"? I assume it's not the most efficient way?

Or should I explain in CLAUDE.md which file/folder does what in the source code that I'm porting to Swift etc?

Any tips appreciated.

I also keep hitting limits all the time which is super frustrating, but I'm learning and want to use less tokens, not sure how yet.

Thanks!

Hi everyone, I'm subscribed to ChatGPT Plus and had it connected to Xcode. Somehow I reached the limit after 5 prompts. Was this supposed to happen? Would appreciate some help, Thanks!

Hello everyone! I'm an Android dev and I just finished building my app for Android. Now it is time for the iOS part. I already have a complete iOS port written in Swift but I'm on windows 11 with no mac, thus no way of testing the code through Xcode. I already have some options: MacInCloud, Github actions or Hackintosh. I have never done something like this before and I'm swamped. Has anyone shipped an iOS app from windows? What worked for you? Are there better alternatives that I'm missing? Thank you!

building my first app using codex - what’s the easiest/best way to get fresh UI designs for my app? don’t want to rely on ai slop lol

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In C if aString contains "test" then
NSLog(@"var: '%s'", aString);
produces
var: ' test '
instead of the expected
var: 'test'

Why? Is this relatively new? Can I turn off the extra spaces? Edit/Format/Substitutions all are off. Thanks. Xcode 26.4.1

Hi,

when I try to add the agent for OpenAI (Codex), it is downloaded by XCode and then when it starts, I get a message that it is Malware. It seems, XCode downloads a version 0.106.0 which seems quite old (I think current is 0.131.0).

So far I have not found a way around this. Unfortunately, there is close to no information about this topic in the web 😞.

Popup reporting Codex as malware

I literally cannot sign into xcode at all. I updated it. I reset it. I reset my laptop. I've tried everything.

The newest Codex update must've bricked it or something.