Xcode 13, What’s new in This Version of XCode?

Xcode 13 includes Swift 5.5 and SDKs for iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey, tvOS 15, and watchOS 8.

Xcode

• The Xcodes UI has been refined with new navigator icons and a new always-on bottom bar.
• The new Cloud tab in the Report navigator shows Xcode Cloud workflows and build results.

Xcode Cloud

• Build, test, and deliver your apps using cloud-based tools built right into Xcode13.
• Run tests in parallel in the cloud, with results displayed in the report navigator.
• View and edit workflows, and view build results in App Store Connect.
• Distribute builds automatically to testers using TestFlight.

Source Code Management Integration

• The all-new Pull Request experience deeply integrates the process of reviewing source code changes into Xcode.
• Code review mode includes a new inline diff mode that lets you view diffs without leaving your current editing context.

Testing

• Repeated testing lets you run tests until they fail until they pass, or for a specified number of times to collect data on the failure rate.
• XCTest adds support for memory tracking and iPadOS cursor interaction tests.

Editor

• Swift code completion is faster and more robust.
• Swift syntax highlighting is faster and more reliable.

Debugging

• Column breakpoints give you subline breakpoint resolution.
• The selective shader debugger lets you choose which functions to debug within a larger shader, reducing the time required to iterate and debug large shaders.

Other improvements

• Crash reports from apps in TestFlight appear in the Xcode organizer within minutes and can include user feedback.
• The Xcode editor supports many of the common key combinations and editing modes familiar to Vim users.
• The new Metal-accelerated GPU timeline view in Instruments provides smooth interactions for even the largest traces.
• The CPU profiler template in Instruments offers cycle-based profiling.
• The new HTTP network tracing tool helps developers and privacy researchers debug and analyze HTTP-based network traffic.

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