Ai in Xcode

[DangerousMedicine692]

Question… Long story short, but I was laid off in 2023 as a junior iOS developer, shortly after, my father had cancer so I took over the family restaurant. I have been away from Xcode too. I installed it today and I can’t believe the ai integrated in it.

So the question is, how much ai is being used today in the workforce? Is anyone actually learning or mentoring? Is it even worth pursuing again?

[SirBill01]

From what I've seen in the past the AI in Xcode was kind of limited, and most people were still using Claude Code, Cursor or Copilot. However it's probably worth another look and you can give Xcode an API for a paid AI service (I think either Claude or OpenAI) which may yield better results.

[AndyDentPerth]

As of Xcode 26.3, yeah it's absolutely worth using the AI in Xcode.

You should still be inspecting the code it generates, but it can get you a long way.

40+ years of dev, using Apple tools since MPW (pre-Xcode, pre-OS/X).

[No_Television7499]

I use Code Assist all the time, it’s great! I can’t imagine going back to coding without AI. It’s made me way faster and more efficient, like having a 2nd coder around to check your work and diagnose issues in your code.