At WWDC25 we launched a new type of Lab event for the developer community - Group Labs. A Group Lab is a panel Q&A designed for a large audience of developers. Group Labs are a unique opportunity for the community to submit questions directly to a panel of Apple engineers and designers. Here are the highlights from the WWDC25 Group Lab for Developer Tools. Will my project codebase be used for training when I use Xcode's intelligent assistant powered by cloud-based models? When using ChatGPT without logging in, your data will not be used to improve any models. If you log in to a ChatGPT account, this is based on your ChatGPT account settings, which allows you to opt-out (it defaults to on). When using Xcode with accounts for other model providers, you should check with the policies of your provider. And finally, at no point will any portion of your codebase be used to train or improve any Apple models. We'd love to make our SwiftUI Previews (and soon, Playgrounds) as snappy as possible. Is there any way to skip certain build steps, such as running linters? It seems the build environment is exactly the same (compared to a debug build), but maybe there's a trick. Starting with Xcode 16, SwiftUI previews use the exact same build artifacts as the regular build. The new Playgrounds support in Xcode 26 uses these build artifacts too. Shell script build phases are the most common thing that introduces extra build time, so as a first step, try turning off all shell script build phases (like linters) to get an idea if that’s the issue. If those build phases add significant time to your build, consider moving some of those phases into asynchronous steps, such as running linters before committing instead of on every build. If you do need a shell script build phase to run during your build, make sure to explicitly define the input and output files, as that is a huge way to improve your build performance. Are we able to provide additional context for the models, like coding standards? Documentation for third party dependencies? Documentation on your own codebase that explains things like architecture and more? In general, Xcode will automatically search for the right context based on the question and the evolving answer, as the model can interact multiple times with your project as it develops an answer. This will automatically pick up the coding style of the code it sees, and can include files that contain architecture comments, etc. Beyond automatic context, you can manually attach other documents, even if they aren't in your project. For example, you could make a file with rules and ideas and attach it, and it will influence the response. We are very aware of other kinds of automatic context like rule files, etc, though Xcode does not support these at this time. Once ChatGPT is enabled for Coding Intelligence in Xcode 26, and I sign into my existing ChatGPT account, will the ChatGPT Coding Intelligence model in Xcode know about chat conversations on Xcode development done previously in the ChatGPT Mac app? Xcode does not use information from other conversations, and conversations started in Xcode are not accessible in the web UI or ChatGPT app. Is there a plan to make SwiftUI views easier to locate and understand in the view hierarchy like UIKit views? SwiftUI uses a declarative paradigm to define your user interface. That allows you to specify what you want, with the system translating that into an efficient representation at runtime. Unlike traditional AppKit and UIKit, seeing the runtime representation of SwiftUI views isn't sufficient in order to understand why it's not doing what you want. This year, we introduced a SwiftUI Instrument that shows why things are happening, like view re-rendering. Is it possible to use the AI chat with ChatGPT Enterprise? My company doesn't allow us to use the general ChatGPT, only the enterprise version they have setup that prevents data from being leaked Yes, Xcode 26 supports logging into any existing ChatGPT account, including enterprise accounts. If that does not meet your needs, you can also setup a local server that implements the popular chat completions REST API to talk to your enterprise account how you need. Now that Icon Composer is here, how does it complement or replace existing vector design tools such as Sketch for icon design? Icon Composer complements your existing vector design tools. You should continue to create your shapes, gradients, and layers in another tool like Sketch, and compose the exported SVG layers in Icon Composer. Once you bring your layers into Icon Composer, you can then use it to influence the translucency, blur, and specular highlights for your icon. What’s one feature or improvement in the new Xcode that you personally think developers will love, but might not immediately discover? Maybe something tucked away or quietly powerful that’s flown under the radar so far? One feature we're particularly excited about is the new power profiler for iOS, which gives you further insights into the energy consumption of your app beyond what was possible with the energy instrument previously. You can learn more about how to use this instrument and how it can help you greatly reduce your apps battery usage in the documentation, as well as the session Profile and optimize power usage in your app. There were also improvements in accessibility this year with Voice Control, where you can naturally speak your Swift code to Xcode, and it understands the Swift syntax as you speak. To see it in action, take a look at the demonstration in What’s new in Xcode 26. We have a software advisory council that is very sensitive to having our private information going to the cloud in any form. What information do you have to help me guide Xcode and Apple Intelligence through the acceptance process? One thing you can do is configure a proxy for your enterprise that implementing the popular Chat Completions API endpoint protocol. When using a model provider via URL, you can use your proxy endpoint to inspect the network traffic for anything that you do not want sent outside of your enterprise, and then forward the traffic through the proxy to your chosen model provider. Are there list of recommended LLMs to use with Xcode via Intelligence/Local? I've tried Gemma3-12B, but.. I hope there are better options? Apple doesn't have a published list of recommended local models. This is a fast-moving space, and so a recommendation would become out of date very quickly as new models are released. We encourage you to try out the local model support in Xcode 26 with models that you find meet your needs, and let us and the community know! (continued below)

I checked privacy & security tab in settings but I dont see developer mode anywhere.

I'm trying to transfer a CSV file to my iPhone 16 simulator to use for testing my application, but it keeps failing. See the image below. That occurs when I try to drag the file into the simulator. I also tried to use the Share option for the file, but nothing happens with that. It doesn't transfer but it also doesn't fail. I'm assuming it's failing in the background. Anyone know what I can do?

Hi everyone. I created test-apps years ago. Now I looked into https://icloud.developer.apple.com/dashboard/ There I found these old apps listed. How do I delete these Apps in the Console and entirely from my account? I don't have the project files anymore. All the best! 😊

Hi Everyone, I have signed up and paid (it has come off my Credit Card) for Apple Developer last Thursday and my account has been stuck on: "Purchase your membership. To continue your enrollment, complete your purchase now Your purchase may take up to 48 hours to process." I have emailed them and have not received a reply. I want to give them a call but they are also not available for calls either. I have looked to see if the reason they are being slow is because of the Christmas/New Year period but couldn't find any information. What can I do? Thanks

Hi! Do the consoles in the App Store Connect differ by country? In particular, there are mentions on the Internet that in China the publisher can make refunds to users, but there is no such function in the American account.

I have this code: var eventIn = kevent(ident: UInt(self.socket), filter: Int16(EVFILT_WRITE), flags: UInt16((EV_ADD | EV_ENABLE)), fflags: 0, data: 0, udata: nil ) I looked at it and thought why do I have those extra parentheses? So I changed it to var eventIn = kevent(ident: UInt(self.socket), filter: Int16(EVFILT_WRITE), flags: UInt16(EV_ADD | EV_ENABLE), // changed line! fflags: 0, data: 0, udata: nil ) and then kevent gave me EBADF. Does this make sense to anyone?

I have an error when I use Apple Git-154 to clone the repository: My OS version: Sequoia 15.2 tannguyen@Mys-MacBook-Pro ~ % git -v git version 2.39.5 (Apple Git-154) tannguyen@Mys-MacBook-Pro ~ % git clone https://github.com/nestjs/nest.git Cloning into 'nest'... remote: Enumerating objects: 187515, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (118/118), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (42/42), done. error: inflate: data stream error (incorrect data check)10 MiB/s fatal: pack has bad object at offset 212760331: inflate returned -3 fatal: fetch-pack: invalid index-pack output

Hi, I am looking for a way to implement X-day free trial and then the feature would be locked. User should purchase the in app purchase to unlock the feature after trial period if they wish to continue to use it. From the older post, I can see other people suggest non-consumable tier-0 IAP will should cost nothing. From app store connect, I am not able to find 0 dollar as an option. I can see in apple's storekit documentation. There are officially a free trial subscription. I don't believe this can fit in my use case. Is anyone still able to create free in app purchase ?

Our company has been trying to register for the Apple Developer Enterprise Program since September 15, 2024. However, it wasn’t until early November that we received an email requesting our business information. Following that, we contacted Apple’s team on November 15, 2024, to answer their interview questions. Now, more than a month has passed since that call, and we still have no idea about the status of our approval. When I check the account, it always shows 'Your enrollment is being processed. Your enrollment ID is 8K8SXNKA89.' I’ve also emailed Apple Support but have not received any further response. How much longer will this process take? Apple’s handling of this is excessively slow and frustrating

Just this error is coming again and again I just updated the Xcode today. Thanks Zipzy Games

Is remotepairingd part of Xcode? It seems to be stuck using 119% CPU. This may have started when I recently paired my new Apple Watch with Xcode - or maybe that is a coincidence. The console is full of: error 16:40:26.237601+0000 remotepairingd socket-1: No more data can be received, connection was closed

I am trying to name my app "Tata Daewoo Mobility Service" but in app showing without space like 'TataDaewooMobilityService. In korean language not showing the space. How to add the name in korean language with space in iPhone.

Issue with "Mine" Branch Not Displaying After Switching GitHub Accounts in XcodeCloud I have been using XcodeCloud for a while. Recently, in one of my projects, I switched from using my personal GitHub account to a separate GitHub account for work purposes. Since then, when I manually start a workflow, nothing is displayed under the "Mine" section on the branch selection screen. I suspect that Xcode is attempting to list branches from the previously used account, causing branches from my new account not to appear. Where are these old account settings stored, and how can I reset them? For reference: In Xcode's Accounts settings, only the new GitHub account is present—the old account is no longer listed. The git user in the local repository has also been updated to the new one. Any assistance on how to resolve this issue would be greatly appreciated!

I already asked this, although I want to ask again so it boots and gets more people; When I try to run my project on the simulator, it tells me there is a bug. It is not in the code I wrote, but I believe in the compiler. It would work perfectly, say the build succeeded, but the phone turns white and stops there. I don't know how to debunk it, what to do! Picture of what happens with the phone: Picture of the debugging area: Picture of my code: If I need to add more things, please let me know. Have a great day!

in xcode i have select the developer team. but show some error that is here, "Communication with Apple failed Your team has no devices from which to generate a provisioning profile. Connect a device to use or manually add device IDs in Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles. https://developer.apple.com/account/" and show this error also "No profiles for 'com.kuntaldoshi.homeautomation' were found Xcode couldn't find any iOS App Development provisioning profiles matching 'com.kuntaldoshi.homeautomation'."

Hello everyone, I’m having trouble registering for an Apple Developer account. I’ve already added my credit card and completed all the required payment steps, but it’s been more than 48 hours and my account still hasn’t been activated. Order Number LPK7A8286X Waiting Period Over 48 hours since the payment I’ve double-checked my credit card and payment details, and everything seems valid. However, I haven’t received any confirmation or notification from Apple yet. Has anyone else experienced a similar issue and found a quick solution? I really need to get started on my project soon. I’d greatly appreciate any advice on how to expedite the process or how best to contact Apple Support.

Hello all! My application written with C++ for iOS. Want to make some functionality in static library for the purpose of reuse it in different C++ projects. Want to make universal library for using StoreKit2. Global idea is to wrap StoreKit2 Swift out with CPP interoperability. Now trying to make clear for my self how to create C++ static library with Swift interoperability for iOS in XCode. There are only Objective-C option when you creating static library in XCode for iOS. Is it correct: Create Static Library with Objective-C in XCode Remove all default Objective-C files Add C++ files Add C++/Swift interoperability in build settings Add swift classes Beside all of it some questions: When C++ static library contain Swift code with interoperability will it require some special settings for project (Swift standard lib or some other settings)? Or it could be used like any other C++ libraries? What is the optimal build settings in this case to reduce dependencies when using it different projects? Is there any examples of the same approach for iOS development?

Is there any way to modify the behaviour of this command? I really dislike that it adds a break after the opening parenthesis and would also prefer it to use the traditional multi-line style where the lines are aligned with their semicolons. Alternatively, is there a way to run the "Format File with 'swift-format'" command without implicitly triggering "Format to Multiple Lines", as it apparently does? Having to reformat my method's signatures afterwards really makes this feature unattractive to me at the moment.

Trying to use App Data on Xcode 16.2, and failing I'm running the app with the debugger. When I run the app, I need to do a handful of things, which affects my app's cache files, and UserDefaults. What I'd like to do is store all of these settings, then have them loaded in when the app launches, so I don't need to do same, tedious work of changing settings by hand in the UI. So, I discovered that I can provide an xcappdata directory in the Run options. This seems like exactly what I'm looking for. But I can't seem to get it to work. Like, when the app runs, it looks like none of those settings are brought in. I ran the app on a device, and pulled down the application data, and then put that in the project. And you can see in the screenshot, that the value is set. So, either I'm missing something (which is totally possible) or this feature is broken. Documentation on this is not great, so maybe I'm doing something wrong. If the feature is known to be broken, I'll give up on this. But if it should work, it would be great to get some tips here.

I'm trying to enrol in the apple developer program for the first time. When I sign in and attempt to enrol, it says “Your enrollment could not be completed.” - I am over the Age of 18 in Australia. My account is attached to a family account if that matters, but I am an Adult in the family. As far as I am concerned I have not done anything illegitmate on my account. My AppleID has always paid ontime etc. Just spoke to someone on the phone at Apple Developer Support. Firstly they were very unfriendly, don't know their name and sounded like they didn't want to be there. I said what my issue was, they had a look at my account and said "It says there is an issue with this apple ID and Support cannot be provided within Apple Developer Program for this AppleID" - I asked if this could be escalated and she audibly sighed and said "No" - I said may I speak to a supervisor - Spoke to the Supervisor and they said they can't help me and it just says We can't provide Apple Developer support to this AppleID and he kept repeating this. - I have not done anything illigetimate on my AppleID as far as I know. He also said can't verify my identity, even though I have never verified my identity. What do I do?