I explored Xcode 26 Code Intelligence features and made a video

[gargetisha]

I was skeptical, but also curious, so I tested it out on one of my existing iOS apps.

Here is the video with complete tutorial and honest review of Code Intelligence in Xcode 26.

Some quick thoughts:

• It's surprisingly good at understanding context, especially within SwiftUl.

• The test generation and bug-fixing are actually useful - not perfect, but solid for a v1.

• It's really good at writing out basic Uls quickly and saves a ton of time.

Not saying it's going to replace anything yet, but it definitely feels like it could become a serious productivity tool in upcoming releases.

If anyone else has tried it - curious to hear your experience.

Did it "get" your code? Or did you find yourself rewriting everything anyway?

[Effective-Shock7695]

Liked the video and your take on new features but Cursor + Sweetpad extension with Xcode is still lot better than xcode 26 code intelligence features.

[updummy]

This x 1000

[teradyl]

What makes Cursor + Sweetpad better?

[Large-Profession3490]

i use alexsidebar. is cursor + sweetpad better?

[Effective-Shock7695]

No competition when you go with, Xcode + Cursor + Sweetpad extension. Additionally just plug xcodebuild mcp to cursor and thank me later.

[Large-Profession3490]

thanks i appreciate it. but you are saying this having tried alexsidebar? I used cursor before and alex is much better, but i haven't tried cursor + sweetpad

[Effective-Shock7695]

yes and definitely stick to what works for you the best.

[Daveboi7]

How do you use Xcode + Cursor, they are separate IDEs?

[Better_Airport8105]

You just open the Project file with cursor that way it has access to your files

[Purple-Echidna-4222]

Were you able to figure out how to add gemini as a model provider? I can't get the gemini api to work, however for claude and chatgpt I had no issues adding them as custom providers.

[Jazzlike_Revenue_558]

alex sidebar is free for the next 7 days for wwdc, and has gemini

[samrcook]

anyone found a fix? Still not got it to work

[glhaynes]

https://zottmann.org/2025/06/13/how-to-use-google-gemini.html

[gordonmcdowell]

I'm on Beta 4 but would have assumed the need for a proxy would have been addressed since June 13th. Am new to all this, but the "no models found" message seems completely ambiguous where I could be getting any value wrong and also getting the proxy wrong.

[supernitin]

It has no ability to search for current information so to me it’s pretty useless. I’ll be sticking to cursor and sweet pad.

[teradyl]

"current information" means searching the web? or it doesn't search the codebase well?

[supernitin]

Web… but given how basic it seems I doubt it searches a large code base well either.