{"id":53720,"date":"2026-10-30T15:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T19:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=53720"},"modified":"2026-10-30T15:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T19:13:18","slug":"xcode-27-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/30\/xcode-27-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Xcode 27.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/documentation\/xcode-release-notes\/xcode-27_2-release-notes\">Apple<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/download.developer.apple.com\/Developer_Tools\/Xcode_27.2\/Xcode_27.2.xip\">xip<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/download\/all\/\">downloads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/techhub.social\/@xcodereleases\/117527279121573196\">Xcode Releases<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/documentation\/xcode-release-notes\/xcode-27_2-release-notes\">\n<p>Xcode 27.2 includes Swift 6.4 and SDKs for iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2, macOS 27.2, and visionOS 27.2. Xcode 27.2 supports on-device debugging in iOS 17 and later, tvOS 17 and later, watchOS 10 and later, and visionOS. Xcode 27.2 requires a Mac running macOS Tahoe 26.6 or later.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>When used via Sidecar or a MacBook with Touch, Device Hub now sends touches on the iPad screen to the remote device as touches. This allows you to use multi-finger gestures such as pinch and rotate to test your applications.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Projects that use APIs specific to iOS 27.1 show compile errors when building for Mac Catalyst (&ldquo;undeclared identifier&rdquo;, &ldquo;not found&rdquo;, &ldquo;has no member&rdquo;, &ldquo;cannot find&rdquo;, and similar errors).<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS SDKs in Xcode 27.2 incorrectly report 27.1 as a valid deployment target. Builds and other functionality might have unexpected behavior if this deployment target is used.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@betamagic\/117530109308022867\">Ron Elemans<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@betamagic\/117530109308022867\">\n<p>Every time I open a complex Storyboard in Xcode 26 or newer, the Inspector panel decides at a certain moment to resize to full window width. The only way to continue working is to hide the whole Inspector, resizing back doesn&rsquo;t work.<\/p>\n<p>Feedback Assistant shows &ldquo;Recent Similar Reports: Less than 10&rdquo; for at least a year. This is probably Apple language for &ldquo;Deal with it, otherwise stop using dinosaur tech and switch to SwiftUI&rdquo; (FB23611443).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/20\/xcode-projects-for-the-command-line-and-coding-agents\/\">Xcode Projects for the Command Line and Coding Agents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/16\/xcode-27-1\/\">Xcode 27.1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/17\/xcodes-new-xcproj-files-are-json\/\">Xcode&rsquo;s New .xcproj Files Are JSON<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple (xip, downloads, Xcode Releases): Xcode 27.2 includes Swift 6.4 and SDKs for iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2, macOS 27.2, and visionOS 27.2. Xcode 27.2 supports on-device debugging in iOS 17 and later, tvOS 17 and later, watchOS 10 and later, and visionOS. 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