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:
