Step 1: Create a New Xcode Project

1. Open Xcode and create a new SwiftUI project.
2. Name your project. In this example, we’ll call it “Xcode To Github Demo App.”

Step 2: Add Your GitHub Account to Xcode

1. In Xcode, navigate to Xcode > Settings (or Preferences, depending on your macOS version).
2. Go to the Accounts tab.
3. Click the + button to add a new account, and select GitHub.
4. Enter your GitHub username.
5. You’ll need a personal access token to authenticate. Let’s generate one.

Step 3: Generate a Personal Access Token on GitHub

1. Log in to your GitHub account, tap on your profile icon and go to Settings.
2. Scroll down and select Developer settings (on the left).
3. In the left-hand menu, click Personal access tokens > Tokens (classic).
4. Click Generate new token, and confirm by entering your GitHub password.
5. Name your token (e.g., “Xcode”), and set an expiration date or choose No expiration.
6. Check all the scopes to grant full access, then click Generate token.
7. Copy the generated token.

Step 4: Link the Token with Xcode

1. Go back to Xcode, paste the token in the Token field, and click Sign In.
2. Now your GitHub account is linked to Xcode.

Step 5: Set Up Source Control in Xcode

1. In Xcode, go to Settings > Source Control > Git.
2. Set up your Author Name and Email (use your GitHub username and the email associated with your GitHub account).

Step 6: Create a New Git Repository and Push Project to Github

1. Close the Settings window.
2. Tap Command+2 to open Navigator’s Source Control and select Repositories.
3. Tap on the Xcode To Github Demo App in repository and tap “Xcode To Github Demo App” Remote
4. Choose the Github Account, Set repository name if needed, Set Visibility (Public or Private), write Description if needed
5. Tap Create 
6. Optional: If you don’t see Repository in your Navigator you can try to tap Integrate > New Git Repository to create one and after that follow the steps 1-5 of Step 6

Step 7: Check repository on Github

1. Go Github > Your Repositories and check if the new repository appeared

Step 8: Make Changes and Commit Them

1. Let’s make a simple change in the project:
   • For example, update the text in ContentView.swift from “Hello, World!” to “Hello Github”
2. Go to Source Control > Commit, and you’ll see the change highlighted.
3. Add a commit message (e.g., “Changed ContentView Message to Hello Github“), and click Commit.
4. If it asks to Stage, tap Stage all and commit (You should stage changes before committing)

Step 9: Push the Commit to GitHub

1. After committing the changes, go to Source Control > Push.
2. Select the origin (by default, it’s the main branch).
3. Leave include tags unchecked, we will discuss this checkbox later
4. Click Push, and your changes will be uploaded to GitHub.

Step 10: Verify the Changes on GitHub

1. Go to your GitHub repository and refresh the page.
2. You should see the recent commits and changes in the project files.
3. You should check Activity section of your project on Github to see the latest commit

How to Tag Your commit in Xcode and Provide a Version (e.g., 1.0.0) for your Commit

Tagging helps mark specific points in your project history, such as a release version.

1. Go to Source Control > Branches.
2. Right click on main and select Tag “main”
3. Add version number, for example1.0.0 and a message
   
4. Make some changes into your project
5. Go to Integrate > Push and check include tags
6. Go to Github > Releases > check tags

How to Fetch changes from Remote

1. Go to Github into your Project repository and tap Create Readme file there
2. Fill in Readme file with some text, for example:

   # README
   
   Demo App to show how to Connect Xcode Project to Github
   
   ## Overview
   
   Learn Daily
   
   ### Section header
   
   Some Section Text here
   

3. Now go to Xcode and tap Pull to get changes from Github.

Understanding Staging, Amending, and Committing Changes

Xcode uses Git’s staging area to manage changes, allowing you to control exactly what goes into each commit. Here’s how to work with staging and amending:

What is Staging?

Staging means preparing specific changes to be included in your next commit. In Xcode:

• Staged Changes: These are the changes you have selected to commit. They will be included in the next commit you make.
• Unstaged Changes: These changes are not yet prepared for committing. You can choose to stage them by checking the boxes next to the file names in the commit window.

How to Stage Changes in Xcode:

1. View the Changes: Go to Source Control > Commit to see the list of changed files.
2. Stage the Files: Check the box next to each file you want to include in your commit.
3. Unstage if Necessary: Uncheck any files you don’t want to commit yet.

Amending a Commit

Sometimes you need to make small changes to the last commit without creating a new commit. Here’s how to amend in Xcode:

1. Make the Desired Changes: Modify the files you want to update.
2. Go to the Commit Window: Source Control > Commit.
3. Select “Amend Previous Commit”:
   • At the bottom of the commit window, you’ll see an option labeled “Amend Previous Commit.”
   • Check this box to modify the last commit instead of creating a new one.
   • Update the commit message if necessary, and click Commit.

Example Use Cases:

• Staging: Useful for breaking larger changes into smaller, logical commits.
• Amending: Helps fix mistakes in the last commit, such as forgetting a file or making a typo in the commit message.

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Selecting a Language and Region in the Run Scheme

1. Open your project in Xcode and navigate to Product > Scheme > Edit Scheme.
2. In the scheme editor that appears, select the Run action from the sidebar on the left.
3. Go to the Options tab on the right side.
4. Under the Application Language dropdown, select the language in which you want to run your app.
5. Under the Application Region dropdown, select the specific region you want to test. You can choose from:
   • System Region – Uses the operating system’s region settings.
   • [Development Region] – Defaults to the region you’re developing the app in.
   • [Specific Region] – Allows you to choose from a list of all available regions, organized by continent.
6. After setting your preferences, click Close to save the changes and dismiss the dialog.
7. Run your app by clicking the Run button in the toolbar to see your app in the chosen language and region settings.

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Automatically Refresh Canvas

The first way is to go open Xcode and tap Editor > Canvas > Automatically Refresh Canvas.

Manually Refresh Canvas

To refresh canvas manually tap Editor > Canvas > Refresh Canvas.

Manually Refresh Canvas – faster way with Hot Key

You can refresh canvas manually tapping option+command+P

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Of course you can do it manually, but there is an easy way to do it in Xcode with a Hot Key combination:

To reindent your code in Xcode tap control+1 or (^+I) 

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Tap Cmd+Ctrl+Space to open the emoji popup window.

You can search for emoji inside the window. Keep in mind that this combination also works in other apps on your Mac. Try it out.

Happy Coding 🧑🏽‍💻

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To refresh Xcode Playground tap Cmd-Shift-Return or Command-Shift-Enter

You can also tap on a play button on the left side of the editor to refresh (rebuild) playground.

Happy Coding 👩🏻‍💻

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https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode-release-notes

There is also a handy unofficial site titled Xcode Releases, where you can get the latest info about any Xcode Release.

https://xcodereleases.com

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Let’s say you have an app named AppOne, and you want to rename it to AppTwo.
Let’s begin to learn How to Rename Xcode Project:

How to Rename Xcode Project

1. Open the Xcode project with your AppOne.
2. Show the project navigator, click on the AppOne project.
3. Click on the Show the File Inspector and change the Name in the Identity and type to AppTwo. It should have the name of AppTwo Now
   
4. Click on “Set the Active Scheme” and select Manage Schemes
   
5. Rename the scheme to the new name : AppTwo and press Close.
   
6. Now if your app doesn’t contain Cocoapods, close the Xcode (If the app contains Cocopods scroll to the next section of this tutorial. Open your App folder. It has the old name currently: AppOne.
   
7. Let’s rename the folder name to AppTwo
8. Click on the AppTwo.xcodeproj to open the project again. If the alert “The folder “Assets.xcassets” doesn’t exist.” appears, click OK.
9. Now in the Project Navigator click on the AppOne folder and rename it to AppTwo (You can do in in the Identity and Type changing the name field)
   
10. Click on the folder item below the location and change it from the AppOne and AppTwo.
11. Click on the Project Navigator, click on the Build Settings, search for plist. Rename the Info.plist file path from AppOne/Info.plist to AppTwo/Info.plist. Change the ending in the Product Bundle Identifier from AppOne to AppTwo. Search for Developmental Assets and change it too if you use SwiftUI.
12. If you have tests, also rename them like you did it in the step 6.
13. Your renaming job is finished. Now just clean the project and build and run the project in the simulator

How to Rename Xcode Project with Cocoapods

Now let’s assume, your Xcode project contains Cocoapods. Again we want to rename AppOne to AppTwo.

1. Open the Xcode project with your AppOne.
2. Show the project navigator, click on the AppOne project.
3. Quit Xcode, And rename AppOne.xcworkspace to AppTwo.xcworkspace
4. Make steps 3 – 13 from How To Rename Xcode project mentioned above.
5. In the project navigator edit Podfile. Change it’s target from AppOne to AppTwo.
6. Quit Xcode and delete AppOne.podspec file in the project folder.
7. Open Terminal, navigate to the project folder and run rm -rf /Pods. After that run pod install
8. Open Xcode and in the project navigator click on the Bulid Phases. Find Link Binary With Libraries and delete libPods-AppOne.a.
9. Clean and run the project.
10. If your project contains a Bridging header, you should do the following. In the Build settings change the header location from AppOne/AppOne-Bridging-Header.h to AppTwo/AppTwo-Bridging-Header.h

In this tutorial you’ve learned how to Rename Xcode Project and you iOS App.

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This will not uninstall CocoaPods from your Mac but will help to clear your project from CocoaPods and remove Pods.

Follow these steps to remove CocoaPods from Xcode Project.

1. Open terminal on your Mac
   
2. In terminal navigate to your Xcode Project directory with cd
3. In terminal type: sudo gem install cocoapods-deintegrate cocoapods-clean
4. In terminal type: pod deintegrate
5. In terminal type: pod clean
6. In terminal type: rm Podfile

Now you should have your Xcode project cleaned from CocoaPods.

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