Xcode: Difference between revisions

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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.

 

 

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>{{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>

 

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