I have seen this icon on Xcode 4.5 whenever I run a project. I have also seen this possibly on older versions of Xcode also, though I can't remember distinctly.
What could this possibly mean?
EDIT: The image was not previously loaded, have uploaded it now
EDIT 2: I wanted to know about the number 3 which is coming in the left side of the image. I understand the "114" denotes the warnings". Apologies for the ambiguous explanation in the question before.
It means you have warnings.
In this case you have 114 compiler warnings!
Click on it and you'll be taken to the correct tab in the project explorer where you can start working on correcting them.
As for the number 3, again, click on it - it shows you the number of tasks it is running.
Just try clicking on things in Xcode, you'll find a lot more information about it that way.
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I'm a total beginner in Swift, so I always find the quick help in Swift 2.2, Xcode 7 very useful(You hold down option key and click on something and the Xcode would give you a pop-up window containing all sorts of information about the variable you are clicking on). However, after I updated to Swift 3.0 the pop-up window becomes blank and a message "No Quick help". I'm wondering if someone could tell me how to bring the quick help back, thank you!
This is an Xcode question. Quick Help only works with Swift when you don't have any errors before or in the current line you want to open the Quick Help from.
I also experienced this and it seems this feature worked much better with older Xcode versions. But I guess this has to do with Swift because it is such a fast growing programming language. The integrated interpreter of Xcode isn't able to keep up with it.
To work around it, just comment out all failing lines of code and then comment in one line by one while fixing the errors. Sometimes it is helpful to also clean up the generated project files. And if this also doesn't work, just restart Xcode.
The last step is often necessary when you're in a Playground.
I've recently upgraded from Xcode 4.3 to 4.4 and I'm about to bash my screen in with frustration.
The problem I'm having is with the code completion. As I type a variable or method name, the completion window pops up with the suggestions like it's supposed to. But if I attempt to use the cursor keys to scroll between the suggestions, the suggestions disappear and the cursor moves in the code, not between the suggestions. If I press enter to accept the default suggestion, it again dismisses the suggestions and inserts a return into the code taking the cursor to the next line.
This doesn't happen every time I attempt code completion, but it does occur more often than not. For a given name I'm trying to complete, it either works or it doesn't (e.g. if I press escape to get the suggestions back, it will disappear just as quickly as the first time it disappeared for that line/name I was trying to complete). When I get to the next line of code, it's a whole new bet whether it will work or not. It seems that the closer to the actual completion of the name I am, the more likely it is to actually work and accept the suggestion or move between the suggestions. Sometimes, if I act quickly enough, I can move the highlighted suggestion one or two lines before the suggestions disappear. I'm aware that if you don't select a suggestion quickly enough that it's supposed to eventually remove the suggestions (on the order of several seconds), but this behavior is not what I'm describing. I'd be VERY happy at this point if I had a single second to actually respond and select a suggestion from the pop-up.
So far I've tried a clean of the project, deleting all of the project's derived data, and restarting xcode. All of which don't seem to affect the behavior. Any ideas? I've searched stackoverflow and google and haven't found any other people reporting this problem ...
Thanks for any ideas,
Will
UPDATE:
After upgrading to the XCode 4.6 release version (and 4.5 somewhere in the middle there), this problem is still present ... and making edits in the left/main editor window is still a work-around.
I am seeing the same with Xcode 4.4.1. It seems to be related to where the completion window pops up. Debugger pane open or closed does not change anything here.
When in the Assistant Editor trying in the right pane the completion windows flickers. Same line of code in the left window works fine. Single editor works, too.
Try upgrading to Xcode 4.4.1. I used to have this problem, but I don't seem to have it after upgrading.
If this doesn't solve the problem, a crude workaround seems to be to put a lot of blank lines at the bottom of each file - the problem seems to occur from frequently when the file is scrolled all the way to the bottom.
There is a fix (at least Xcode 4.6.3): re-create the affected file by deleting it. Now create a new file and copy the content to it and drag it into the project - done. Fixes the issue here. It seems to be tied to certain files.
I have a problem in XCode 4.2 when I have the autosuggest feature turned on. Whenever an autosuggest (autocomplete) pops up, the cursor will jump to the top of the file, to the second character of the first line. This happens regardless of whether or not I select the autosuggest or take any other action. As soon as I turn off the autosuggest feature, this behavior stops happening.
I have turned off all key binding associated with jumping to the top of the page and have deleted all derived data for the project as per some suggestions I have heard, but have not been able to solve the problem.
Anybody have a solution?
I had similar problem Xcode cursor jumped randomly. It was triggered by an editor theme using an italic font. I changed the font to a regular one, and the problem was resolved.
Simple solution (or workaround):
Open Preferences.
Open Fonts & Colors tab.
Select Basic theme.
I got the hint from this page.
Just in case there is a bounty awarded :) let me repeat my "solution" from above: I suggest moving aside your /Developer folder and re-installing Xcode. Simply running the installer w/o removing the old /Developer folder may not replace all the necessary files. Good luck.
I have had a similar problem where the cursor jumped to the top and I couldn't scroll down. I don't know if it is the same problem that you have but there is no real solution. Its just one of Xcode's bugs there are a lot more. Open another file in the project and go back to the file you were working on, close and reopen the project or restart Xcode. Thats the only solutions I found.
If thats not working, then you can always re-install Xcode
In Xcode 3, when viewing variables with the debugger, there was a "Summary" column, shown in this image. You could edit what appeared there, so you could preview all kinds of data types. In Xcode 4, I can't find similar functionality. I've found I can right-click the variables and choose "Edit Summary Format...", but though I can edit it like in Xcode 3, the actual result doesn't seem to show up anywhere! This demonstrates my problem:
As you can see, there's no summary column. How can I actually see the result of the summary in Xcode 4?
Eh, I was having lots of issues with Xcode, so I just ended up doing a clean install. It seems to have fixed the issues. Oh well.
I've worked on a few projects now, and I've had to change the framework search paths, set the bundle loader, etc.
But I've never felt totally comfortable with that Project (or Target) "Get Info" window. I still don't know what half the stuff in there is, and whenever I change anything, there's always a bit of finger-crossing when I click Build. Building and linking all feels a little "magical" to me right now.
I assume this feeling isn't normal. Does anyone know of any good tutorials for these non-code-related parts of building an app?
When you select a build setting, Xcode 4 will show a short description in its Quick Help, which is in one of the Inspectors you can show on the right side of the window.
In Xcode 3, the description will appear at the bottom of the Info window that tells you what the setting does. In even older versions, click on the stack of books with the pair of spectacles on top.
If you're still stumped and the setting in question corresponds to a GCC option, you can look it up in the GCC manual. If it doesn't correspond to a GCC option, Google it.
All (as far as I can tell) of the build settings are documented in the Xcode Build Setting Reference, although some of these are more useful as output (e.g., environment to a shell script phase) than as input (actual settings). Indeed, a few of them, such as ACTION, only appear as output; you can't set them in the Info window, and wouldn't want to.