Xcode 26 Beta 2
Added a new setting that dictates how function names are displayed in C++ frames: plugin.cplusplus.display.function-name-format
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The
spanproperty ofUTF8Viewdoes not support the small string representation in beta 1, and traps for smallStringinstances. A future version of the Swift standard library will lift this restriction.[…]
The packaging tool (
ba-package) and the mock server (ba-serve) crash immediately when the selected Xcode installation isn’t located at/Applications/Xcode.app.[…]
#bundledoes not refer to the correct resource bundle when used from a mergeable library.[…]
User supplied background images in Icon Composer are composited at the same scale as the 2048x2048 pixel icon renderings, and thus appear much smaller than expected. […] Workaround: Use a very large background image.
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Metric recommendations are now available for the launch time metric in the Xcode Organizer. When there is enough information, the Organizer will display a recommended value for a metric on the chart associated with your app’s metrics. Use this data to plan and prioritize performance engineering work.
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You may experience build failures when building projects with Swift macro dependencies. Common symptom is a build failure around
_SwiftSyntaxCShims. You can work around this by disabling the swift-syntax prebuilts for macros feature.
The second betas of Tahoe and Xcode are both out, but I still can’t do a release build of my app. A very large “swift-frontend” command fails, stopping the build. FB18090372 for any Xcode and/or Swift compiler folks who see this… 🙏
I filed a ticket on Xcode 16.0 beta. Every release I add a new entry. The latest being: “Still broken in Xcode 26.0b2”. Sigh
I use this feature every single time I use Xcode.
Just found a new one today. I wonder how long I’ll be “still broken”ening this one?
Now that the Finder icon is under control, can we get some attention on the Xcode icon?
Previously:
Update (2025-06-26): Jonathan Wight:
Xcode 26 changing cmd+w behaviour fucking everyone else up too?
Oh and has anyone figured out how to view two source files side by side in Xcode 26?
They’re really fucking with my muscle memory.
Yes I know the feature is still there but i used to be able to click on a symbol to open it up in a split… was useful for referring to something while working on something else - now it’s a bunch of extra clicking.
