There's no longer a cost to push apps from Apple's IDE to an iOS device; no developer program membership is needed. Sideloading isn't an Android-only function thanks to Xcode 7.

One feature of Xcode is Previews - live views of app views you are working on as you program. In this article, we'll look at how to use Previews in Xcode for your iOS or iPadOS apps.

Xcode 15.2 can be used by developers to create visionOS apps for the Apple Vision Pro headset, and it also includes SDKs for iOS 17.2, iPadOS 17.2, tvOS 17.2, watchOS 10.2, and macOS Sonoma 14.2.

This includes hands-on labs and availability of Apple Vision Pro dev kits. Firstly, Xcode will include a software simulator of visionOS that developers can use to start making Apple Vision Pro apps.

Xcode Cloud in particular helps developers to test their code against a wide range of devices, without having to maintain and manually test how their apps look across various models of iPhones and ...

Built into Xcode 13, Xcode Cloud offers a fast and simple way for developers and teams of all sizes to build, test, and deliver high-quality apps even more efficiently.

Use Xcode to test your app on an iOS device. Apple recommends testing your app on an actual device and not just an iOS simulator to "effectively test all aspects of your app." Xcode is available ...

The options are likely to enable developers to start developing apps that fit on the rumored larger 4.7 and 5.5 inch screens of the iPhone 6 and, perhaps, the rumored 12-inch iPad Pro.