#6 - Xcode 15 - New features

Apple's IDE

Earlier this year, alongside iOS17, Apple released Xcode 15, which enables to develop, test and distribute apps for all Apple platforms.

Bellow, I’ve collected a few links to materials that introduce the new features. Among my favourites features are the Bookmark Navigator and Asset Catalogs.

Official Apple
The WWDC23 session “What’s new in Xcode 15” explores enhancements to code completion, Xcode previews, source control, testing and much more.

Unfortunately, the first release versions of Xcode do include some bugs. Check the known issues in the Release notes, they might be relevant to your project.

The latest Xcode version can be downloaded here.

Articles
Batikan Sosun has prepared an excellent article with a short description of the new features and enhancement in Xcode 15.

Antoine van der Lee in explores Xcode Bookmarks in full detail and demonstrates how to save code landmarks and organise tasks.

Sarun Wongpatcharapakorn, shows how Xcode 15 automatically creates Swift symbols for resources such as colours and images, reducing errors when referencing assets in the code.

Pol Piella Abadia dives into detail on automated accessibility audits of the app through UI tests.

Debug Console was also updated in Xcode 15, Mariam Babutsidze explores what it brings to developers.

Videos
Xcode 15 - What’s new by Sean Allen covers Bookmarks, Refactoring, Quick Actions and other features.

A Quick new features overview by Vincent Pradeilles.

Until next time,
Artjoms