Xcode Reviews & Product Details

It's pretty much the only tool you can use if you want to develop native iOS or MacOS apps. Even if you use another framework to develop iOS/MacOS apps (such as RubyMotion, Phonegap, Xamarin, React Native etc), you still need to use Xcode to build, run and eventually publish your app.

That being said, Xcode is a great IDE and does its job well. The compiler can help you catch a lot of errors before you build/run your code. The debugger offers plenty of features. The interface builder helps you visualize what your app looks like before you build it. Also comes with Xcode is a list of simulators ranging from iPhone 4 to iPad Pro that are helpful if you do not have a particular type of device, although it should be noted that for a lot of features (e.g. TouchID, push notification) you do need a physical device to test.

The support community is huge. If you have an Xcode-related question, chances are you can find answers to your question on stackoverflow or a developer's blog.

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If you're used to coding in your favorite text editor (e.g. sublime), coding in Xcode may take some time getting used to. Here are some particular pain points:

1) Provisioning profile (configuring your and your device's credentials so you can build/run apps on a device) can be a huge pain if you're not used to Apple's way of signing apps.

2) Interface builder can crash often if it gets too big

3) Xcode can take up a lot of memory

4) Apple releases frequent updates to Xcode (concurrent with its MacOS release schedule) so there may be limited support for a new feature Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

"It's all in there" like the Ragu™ TV commercial. There's nothing you need to add, but can I stall Cocoa pods if appropriate. Otherwise it's as thought out as OS X and started at the same time, so have the debugger, source view and control, interface builder, tests, full documentation, and instruments, with smart shortcuts and customizations and completion for the languages and frameworks, it does s lot to help productivity at every phase without getting too cluttered. Compared to other IDEs, it's kind of a miracle, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Xcode has changed a bit over the years, for example introducing TDD or test driving development, and there were initially no ways to debug tests, but it always improves. It's up to users to keep their project ogprgmaizes well, and the number of settings can be daunting for new users who want or need to do so,etching outside of the ordinary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The IDE is great in Xcode, a very neat and clean design all the way through. It has all the necessary tools and useful features for app developing across all the platforms, like tvOS, watchOS, iOS. It has an awesome simulator that can simulate all the Apple devices. Its a tool that works well and easy to pickup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It requires a Developer licence to send the built to the App Store, which is rather expensive and only lasts for a year. Moreover, the compatibility of Xcode is also an issue as it is limited to the latest OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to grab crash reports, install builds and alter software updates Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fact that the program seems to work only when it wants to work. A mind of its own. Constant restarts to the program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

XCode 9 is a huge improvement. It's way faster & the refactor / wireless debugging features are long overdue. Overall a big improvement from XCode 8 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Crashes, source kit still freezes, lldb still occasionally fails to print objects in the current scope Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Every update became better than before. In my opinion is the best development tool for Mac and sill the only one for submit apps for App Store and Ma App Store. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's slow and not reliable, due to Apple mechanism for security the tool follow too many steps to reach your goal. The debugging is not so clear and let the developers lost hours to solve issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Love the storyboard integrations. It's really a new paradigm to programming layouts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The build settings and phases are a nightmare. Seems like there should be a better way to handle that whole section. Too clunky. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being Apple-owned, Xcode has a very nice prototyping feature to make extremely realistic prototypes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find it incredibly difficult to know where to start with this product, and the interface is such that it is oftentimes tricky finding existing projects to continue working on. Very disappointing for an Apple product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Xcode is great for iOS app development. The official Apple tutorial walks you through the IDE flawlessly and time-to-ship is very short for xcode. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Non-iOS development is very heavy and definitely requires you to have another text editor or IDE installed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Xcode has it all, when it comes to iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS development. It's purpose-built for this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's frequent and rapid evolution means that there are often bugs and issues with stability. They can occasionally be frustrating, and particularly rampant in X.0 releases. The Apple dev tool team does a good job of patching the holes as quickly as possible, most of the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.