Is there a way to go fullscreen in Xcode? similarly to VS.net ?
and if there is, how?
FWIW, the modern answer to this old question has two parts:
1) Use View->Fullscreen to go full screen
and ... so you don't end up with one fullscreen window per file (which would be ridiculous) ...
2a) Use Shift-Option-click to open new files in the same window
2b) Use Navigation Preferences to specify that files always open in a new tab
With Xcode 4.1, a build-in full screen mode in included.
It works pretty well if you don't use multiple monitors.
You could use the SIMBL plugin Megazoomer for that. That's a plugin that will add a zoom menu item to every Cocoa application which will show the app's content in full screen.
Slight problem though, it doesn't work with Xcode out of the box. Building the old version for 32Bit with GC enabled works when running Xcode 3.2.4 in 32-Bit mode. But unfortunately, Ian did not release the sources for the 64Bit version. So if you really really want it, ask him for the sources and build a version that runs in 64Bit Xcode.
I believe the newest version of Xcode is in an application window, so that would be able to 'go fullscreen'. Are you using the newest version of XCcde? http://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/whats-new.html
it doesn't seem there's a decent one
Edit:
This was for XCode 3 and earlier, XCode 4 and later came in one window.
Please refer to other answers
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Today in the morning I tried to compile my project to run in my device and I found the destination toolbar disappeared and I cannot choose my IOS device or IOS Simulator device as target. (I can do it in the Product/Destination Menu)
After some research I found the >> at the right on the screen and when I pushed a Scheme option appeared but it is disabled and I can't enable again.
This is what I tried with no success:
Open an old project to see if the problem was in my project
Create a new project (with Swift and Objective C but I don't think this make any difference)
Restart my computer
Hide and show the toolbar (View menu/Hide Toolbar and the View menu/Show Toolbar)
I tried all the previous options with the device connected and disconnected
I have installed the IOS Simulator 8.4 (when I run my project it runs in the last selected simulator) and XCode 6.4.
Looks like Xcode hides that menu when the window is a certain size. I have to make my window quite large before it comes back.
Not a fix as such but you can work around it using the menus: Product > Scheme and Product > Destination
You're probably running into the same issue I am. Like #BrandonWilliams said in his answer, it appears again if the Xcode window is wide enough. The underlying cause, for me at least, seems to be that in this build of Xcode (6.4) running on El Capitan beta 2 (with Xcode 7 beta installed), I am seeing duplicate simulators for iOS 8.4. And since there are two of the same version, the Schemes dropdown shows some sort of long GUID next to each one, causing the Scheme dropdown to be quite large:
I came to SO looking for an answer but realized that I had seen this issue before.
So the problem is basically that auto layout sucks (I mean it is not working properly in Xcode 6) and on El Capitan, the destination toolbar is for some reason hiding instead of collapsing properly. So when your Xcode window is narrow, the destination toolbar disappears.
But, if you expand the window far enough, it shows back up again.
In case you can't tell, in the first screenshot, the window is about 1241 pixels wide and in the second screenshot the window is 1541 pixels wide.
Go to Product then Destination and choose at which simulator or device you want to test your build.
I'm running with same problem. You can select device or change scheme using below steps:
Select Product from menu
Select Scheme or Destination
Select required Scheme option or Destination option
Alternative Solution:
The only solution is to use Xcode 7 or above. I've installed Xcode 7.1 and found Scheme/Simulator list available. Refer screenshot.
It seems that Xcode 6 or below doesn't support OS X El Capitan.
I am still seeing this problem in Xcode 7.2 on iMac with resolution 1920x1080. Resizing the XCode windows dens't help. I can have the menu bar back if I push the green button and go to full screen mode. But that's pretty annoying. This is how I finally figure out a solution that works for me. I notice that only if I open the project file that I have been working daily that the menu bar is missing. If I create a new project, the menu bar is there. And here is my solution:
Remove your project file on disc (or move it to a different folder)
Open the Welcome to Xcode window by shift+command+1
Make sure your project is no longer under this list. If it is still there, click on it and Xcode will tell you the project is not found and it will be removed.
Add the project file back and open it and I have my menu bar back (if you have moved it, simply opening it from a different file location may work I guess)
I guess the problem is that some cache value in Xcode about the project file is messed up somehow. Hope this helps.
I make my XCode screen little big and now find both options.
On XCode 9.0 beta, this worked for me: select View -> Show Toolbar from menu
right click on title bar -> select show toolbar
Fixed it by deleting the following file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dt.Xcode.plist and restarting Xcode.
The downside is that Xcode preferences dropped to defaults obviously.
I am using Xcode 5.0.2 and yesterday I did nothing special but used its source control function to check out and update from svn.
Today, Xcode continues crashing over and over again when it launches. I googled a solution that is disabling the source control in Xcode's Preference.
But since it crashes when it launches, I don't have change to go into the Preference Panel to do the operations.
So is there command that I can do in Terminal to disable the source control of Xcode?
!!!UPDATE:
actually this is not the real problem I ran into. I thought my Xcode crash because of the source control issue. So I send this post and got an answer quickly. Thanks #zzyclark .
But after I did as the post in the link said, my Xcode still crash. I've used other way and got the problem done.
I am gonna keep this post for the people who really want to disable Xcode source control in Terminal.
But if the admin think this is not the propriety. You could delete this post.
rather than close it in terminal, can u check this. This is used to disable the version control of xcode 4 by modifying the file name extension.Can you disable version control integration in Xcode 4
I am trying to locate Icon Composer, which was supposedly downloaded as part of Xcode, however I can't find it, neither in applications nor with the spotlight.
Any ideas where it might be, or if I have to download it separately? If so, where from? I tried looking for it in the App Store, but nothing found.
Edit: I am using Xcode 4.4.1 if that helps.
Icon Composer isn't supported by Apple these days, and one of the reasons is that Icon Composer doesn't allow for working with Retina Displays.
The replacement is a clunky command line tool named "iconutil". It probably gets installed as part of the "Command Line tools for Xcode" download.
You need to create your icons as PNG's, put them into a folder (which will be called an .iconset) and then run the "iconutil" tool on that folder to create an ".icns" file.
This related question has a useful answer, and it points to this Apple documentation. Once you get the hang of it though, the process of creating icons becomes straightforward.
I have it for that version of Xcode in /Applications/Development. If you don't have it, run Xcode and select the menu item "Xcode->Open Developer Tool->More Developer Tools..." and look for a graphics-related download.
Philip is right but here is a clarification, Icon Composer is still available. In XCode press the XCode menu > Open Developer Tool > More Developer Tools...
In the web site that appears you need to search for "Graphics Tools" and download the dmg file with the same name (around 120 MB). It will contain the Icon Composer app previously distributed with XCode.
Here is a link to another newer github version Icon Compositor 2x - which also does 1024, so Retina resolution.
Here is the Github Repository:
https://github.com/lemonmojo/IconComposer2x
In the following link for the original Icon Composer it says "Note: There is no longer a 1024x1024 size. That’s replaced by 512x512#2x."
The newer github version called Icon Compositor 2x does 1024 straight
So I'm horribly confused by this error, other threads on Stack Overflow mention I should set the SDK, but I see no option to do this. I'm trying to build:http://wafflesoftware.net/shortcut/
And I get no options, and I can only choose My Mac 64-bit, and I want it in 32-bit. Really beginning to hate Xcode 4.
Here is the screenshot when I try to edit my scheme: http://groovyape.com/scheme.png
Thoughts?
Firstly, I have observed that when Xcode 4 decides my Mac is 64 bit and all my other schemes have vanished, a restart of Xcode fixes that.
If you still have the issue after a restart, go to Manage Schemes... (under the Product Menu) and click on Autocreate Schemes now button. Try to delete the other schemes and see if you can run the project now.
However, if the issue is that you need to set the SDK, that's different:
Click on the top-level project icon in the left hand panel
In the right hand panel that appears, select Build Settings (near the top).
Select "All" option (instead of Combined)
Ensure Base SDK is set appropriately, like "OS X 10.7".
FWIW I'm seriously considering reverting to Xcode 3.2.5 at the moment, 4 seems horrendously buggy.
In xCode 4.4.1, use Validate Settings to solve the problem!
I can select either 32bit or 64bit now.
Ran into the same error message ("The selected run destination is not valid for this action") when attempting to use XCode 4 to build/run a tiny Objective-C "Hello, World" project I created in XCode 3.x. Fixed it by choosing to "Manage Schemes..." from the drop-down menu to the right of the Stop button, deleting the one scheme on the list (click checkbox beside the scheme, then click the "-" button at the bottom left), and then clicking "Autocreate Schemes Now".
I also needed to change the "Base SDK" from 10.5 to 10.6, by clicking on 'folder' icon (beneath the Run button), clicking the root/top of the tree view below it, clicking on the blue icon below "PROJECT" in the pane just to the right, and then finally, choosing "Latest Mac OS X (Mac OS X 10.6)" to the right of that.
I had this issue today. I found switching Base SDK from Latest iOS (4.3) to iOS 4.3 fixed everything.
This will happen if XCode believes your mac is a 64-bit machine, when really it's a 32-bit. If this is the case for you, simply click on your project icon from the far-left pane - it's the menu item that displays your project name next to a little blue icon. This should bring up a center pane that says "PROJECT" at the top. Highlight your project name, and the third pane should now show your build settings. The first item is "Architectures" which will allow you to specify if you are building a 32-bit or 64-bit application.
Kind of amazing that none of the answers here solved the issue for me, but I figured it out. Forget restarting Xcode, or using Autocreate Schemes, still only 64-bit will show up as a valid destination in the scheme.
The correct solution is to change the Architecture for your project. Go to Build Settings (in the root node of your project), and change Architecture to 32-bit Intel, it's right above the Base SDK setting. Destination will instantly switch to "My Mac 32-bit". HTH somebody.
It sounds as if you're trying to run (Cmd-R or run button) the framework (which you can't do - it's not an executable, just a library) rather than simply build it (Cmd-B).
I had this issue and maybe it was a coincidence but when I restarted XC4 but this time didn't choose to load my project from the popup window that appears on launch - instead choosing it explicitly from the File menu - the issue didn't occur and the build started ok.
On the 3 or 4 occasions I had this error, I had chosen to load the project from the popup window that appears when XC4 first loads.
As I say, I might have just got lucky, but I certainly didn't make any other changes to the projects to 'fix' the issue.
I found a good practice for moving from Xcode 3.2.X to Xcode 4 is, to remove any references to older SDKs (in the case of Mac OS to remove any Base SDK Ref, etc., for Mac OS <= 10.5, in the case of iOS I think you need to remove everything <= 4.3) PRIOR to upgrading to Xcode 4.
I never experienced any problems for new Projects, created in Xcode 4, only for such that where created with Xcode 3.X or 2.X
Xcode 4.5. I was trying to compile for 10.6. It seemed to be stuck on 64 bit just because it couldn't find the sdk. I didn't get any message about it not finding the sdk.
I first tried to put in the correct path to /Developer-3.2.6/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk but xcode didn't want to find it there. Then I copied that folder into 4.5 next to the other OSX Platform sdk (new location I think just look in the bundle).
And magically my 32 bit came back.
So my conclusion is that the 32/64 bit option is really dependent on whether xcode can verify the sdk that you're trying to use. Being stuck at 64 while trying to compile for 32 gives the error without notifying you that its first issue is that the sdk can't be found.
I fixed this by deleting my xcuserdata in my Project file. Not sure how it got corrupt. But it worked for everyone else in the office, deleting the xcuserdata did the trick. I made sure Xcode was closed while doing so. Just for fun, make sure you delete your DerivedData folder for the app, and do a build clean for superstitious folks.
If this happened after you renamed your app, go to Schemes -> Edit Scheme -> Run <YourApp> -> Info
Select the right executable file (YourApp.app)
Another way is to select None as executable and then reselect the YourApp.app from your Debug-iPhoneOS folder.
I am using a MacBook Pro installed with Xcode 3.2.5 and iOS SDK 4.2. When I launch Interface Builder by clicking the nib file, then I do not see any library window. Anyone has idea on why it is behaving so?
Thanks!
Xcode 4.1 view -> utilities -> show object library
If you choose Library from the Tools menu, or if you press ⇧⌘L, does it not appear?
I had same problem just after updating to XCode 3.2.6 (IB is currently 3.2.6 also).
My machine is configured to work with two display screens but I don't always turn the smaller one on.
I found the library to be present on the second screen.
How it got there I have no idea.
Try switching to a higher display resolution to see if a similar thing happened in your case.
I think the problem is there is no Interface Builder plugin for XCode 4. You probably cannot edit nib file in XCode 4.
In the Xcode menu, choose View > Utilities > Size Inspector.
Make sure the Object library is visible in the pane below the Size inspector. If not, choose View > Utilities > Object Library.
Sometimes my interface builder screen doesn't show up, and I check my sytem resources and kill off some processes. Apparently, 600 or 700 MB of memory left isn't enough for XB to launch
it works using ⇧⌘L in xcode 3.2.6