Visual Studio Xcode 9.3 Upgrade Might Be

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Visual Studio Xcode 9.3 Upgrade Might Be

Part of the upgrade might be that the Visual Studio for Mac has updated the simulator, in my case this is what had happened.

Xcode 9.4 had the 11.4 version simulator whereas Visual Studio for Mac listed version 11.3.

The current Xamarin tool for Visual Studio 15.6.4 is not compatible yet with Xcode 9.3 so if you update Xcode to this version, you will not be able to compile your iOS projects.

What I found that made it easier to work with was changing the key bindings to be more Windows like as that was what I was used to, as well as changing double clicking a file to open it in a new tab.

Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Log in sign up User account menu 5 Transitioning from Visual Studio to Xcode.

Are there any transition guides I can read or videos I can watch that would help 32 comments share save hide report 59 Upvoted This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast Sort by best level 1 19 points 3 years ago Do you have to use Xcode Personally I find Qt Creator andor Clion to be much better for C than Xcode.

If you find a good guide please share it level 2 5 points 3 years ago I use Clion daily, however I must say that XCode 9 is finally getting better at C, thanks to better navigation, refactorings, etc.

Continue this thread level 2 1 point 3 years ago Ive tried multiple times to move away from Xcode.

However, its not just about typing and compiling, or even refactoring.

While VS Code has gotten better at the latter (pretty impressive actually), it doesnt do the former.

What turned out to be easiest for me was to create a CMake file to build the IDE files.

One can verify that the IDE built is equivalent between the two build systems.

Of course this is a pain in the short run.

But it pays off pretty quickly as its much easier to keep CMake files up to date and just regenerate the IDE files.

Its meant that I can avoid having to learn where everything is in Xcode in and an VS.

Also my project is large - 250 tests so making a change in either one is a huge pain.

I used to really like it, but since Xcode 8 I just dont really like it as much anymore.

I cant really explain why me and Xcode arent getting along anymore, we just arent.

What is an IDE without plugins level 1 5 points 3 years ago As somebody who made the switch I would just suggest learning all the shortcuts, text navigation and selection with ctrlalt etc but most importantly advise try not to adapt Xcode to a vs workflow.

They are quite different and are both best used without trying to make them something theyre not.

The biggest difference for me is how tabs and assistant editors work.

Now Im proficient with Xcode I find it to be very smooth to work with.

Continue this thread level 1 4 points 3 years ago Count me as a weirdo but I like Xcode better than VS.

VS has better debugging support, but Xcode is far better with profiling and build time issues imo.

Things that took me a while to discover Cmd-Shift-O (Open Quickly), and then Assistant Editor (choose Counterparts to automatically have it open the corresponding header file when you are looking at cpp file and vice versa) Xcode 9 finally treats C as a first class citizen.

For me its much simpler to use than visual studio (even though I hate apple products) might help aswell.

Ive tried on many occasions to move to a proper IDE (specifically, CLion) but the keybindings are a deal breaker for me.

I just cannot get use to them; I am at one with the Stallman.

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