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Created page with "Xcode is an IDE provided by Apple, primarily for creating iOS and MacOS apps. In order to run apps on real devices, Xcode is required for signing iOS/macOS apps. === Tracking === Xcode requires an Apple ID to install, and sends telemetry to Apple during every local build and every launch<ref>https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/132709</ref><ref>https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2025/2/5.html</ref>. === Usage === Xcode is irreplaceable for signing iOS/macOS..."
 
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Xcode is an IDE provided by [[Apple]], primarily for creating iOS and MacOS apps. In order to run apps on real devices, Xcode is required for signing iOS/macOS apps.
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'''{{Wplink|Xcode}}''' is an {{Wplink|Integrated development environment|IDE}} provided by [[Apple]], primarily for creating iOS and MacOS apps.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Xcode on the Mac App Store |url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835 |website=[[Apple]] |date= |access-date=2 Jul 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702065644/https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835 |archive-date=2 Jul 2025}}</ref> In order to run apps on real devices, Xcode is required for signing iOS/macOS apps.


=== Tracking ===
==Consumer impact summary==
{{Ph-C-CIS}}


Xcode requires an Apple ID to install, and sends telemetry to Apple during every local build and every launch<ref>https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/132709</ref><ref>https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2025/2/5.html</ref>.
==Incidents==
{{Ph-C-Inc}}


=== Usage ===
==Tracking==
Xcode requires an Apple ID to install, and sends telemetry to Apple during every local build and every launch.<ref>{{Cite web |author=allenjjm |title=Is there any way to download xcode... |url=https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/132709 |website=[[Apple]] |date=May 2020 |access-date=13 Feb 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702070154/https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/132709 |archive-date=2 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Jeff |title=Xcode constantly phones home |url=https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2025/2/5.html |website=lapcatsoftware |date=24 Feb 2025 |access-date=13 Feb 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702071001/https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2025/2/5.html |archive-date=2 Jul 2025}}</ref>


Xcode is irreplaceable for signing iOS/macOS apps. A 2024 Stack Overflow developer survey found almost no developers want to start using Xcode<ref>https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology#worked-with-vs-want-to-work-with-new-collab-tools-worked-want</ref>.
==Usage==
Xcode is irreplaceable for signing iOS/macOS apps. A 2024 Stack Overflow developer survey found almost no developers want to start using Xcode.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Technology {{!}} 2024 Stack Overflow Developer Survey |url=https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology#worked-with-vs-want-to-work-with-new-collab-tools-worked-want |website=Stack Overflow |date=2024 |access-date=13 Feb 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702071614/https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology#worked-with-vs-want-to-work-with-new-collab-tools-worked-want |archive-date=2 Jul 2025}}</ref>
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
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