Apple has released Xcode 14 with downloadable simulator runtimes for watchOS and tvOS, a single target template for multi-platform apps, new SDKs, and more.
Xcode includes everything developers need to create great applications for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Watch. Xcode provides developers a unified workflow for user interface design, coding, testing, and debugging. The Xcode IDE combined with the Swift programming language make developing apps easy and fun.
What's New In This Version: Xcode 14 includes Swift 5.7 and SDKs for iOS 16, iPadOS 16, tvOS 16, watchOS 9, and macOS Monterey 12.5.
Xcode ● Downloadable simulator runtime for WatchOS and tvOS ● Single target template for multi-platform apps across iOS, iPad OS, macOS, and tvOS ● Automatic icon generation for all icon sizes using the Asset Catalog ● Pinned code structure in source editor ● Interactive SwiftUI Previews are now on by default and provide multiple UI variations from a single PreviewProvider
Build and Documentation ● Faster build performance using improved dependency analysis and increased parallelism ● New build timeline assistant to help identify build performance issues ● Build and command package plug-ins in Swift Packages ● Objective-C and C API documentation support in Swift-DocC
Swift ● Syntax highlighting and refactoring operations for regular expressions ● Smarter code completion and additional dynamic snippets
You can download Xcode from the App Store for free.