Xcode
Develop, test, and distribute apps for all Apple platforms
5.0•147 reviews•1K followers
Develop, test, and distribute apps for all Apple platforms
5.0•147 reviews•1K followers
Code and design your apps faster with enhanced code completion, interactive previews, and live animations. Use Git staging to craft your next commit without leaving your code. Explore and diagnose your test results with redesigned test reports with video recording. And start deploying seamlessly to TestFlight and the App Store from Xcode Cloud. Creating amazing apps has never been easier.
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Xcode 26.3
Launched this week
Xcode 26.3 introduces support for agentic coding, a new way in Xcode for developers to build apps using coding agents such as Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex. With agentic coding, Xcode can work with greater autonomy toward a developer’s goals — from breaking down tasks to making decisions based on the project architecture and using built-in tools.
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I’m still learning iOS development, but Xcode feels like a solid starting point. Having design, code, and testing together makes the learning curve a bit less intimidating.
Leveraging specialized skills alongside xcodebuild can be effective and helps minimize context overload. It would be beneficial if the Xcode team could expose more granular tools via xcodebuild.
Integrating Git staging, test reports, and deployment directly into the editor is the right direction, but the key is how well it adapts to existing team CI/CD workflows. Interactive previews and live animations are front‑end friendly, but their real value depends on deep component‑library integration. Tight Xcode Cloud binding is a plus, though multi‑cloud deployment support will likely be the next wave of demand.