I built an entire iOS app without opening Xcode UI even once. Why so many iOS engineers prefer XCode?

Is this bait? XCode has been a mainstay of iOS development ever since iOS was introduced and is a successor to Interface Builder on the Mac.

Why wouldn’t engineers prefer tools they’ve been using (mostly happily) for a decade+?

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s_dev 7 hours ago | parent [-]

>Is this bait?

I don't think it's a serious question or the person is very young.

To answer the question. Xcode is the default IDE for iOS development. The default option will always be a practical choice.

JetBrains or Anthropic could get bought by a larger company or dismantled by the government somehow. Should anything happen to Apple (unlikely as that may seem) the entire iOS ecosystem would be gone as well negating any need for a default.

	▲	mohsen1 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I wish I was young! I have used Xcode in the past. It's just way too slow and anything it does, other IDEs do faster for me.
	▲	wahnfrieden 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Some influential iOS devs such as @dimillian and @steipete have moved away from Xcode or even xcodebuild where possible.