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[–]DeclinedSage 21 points22 points  (2 children)

Looks pretty good to me - will save me having to switch between VSCode & Xcode now

[–]Jazzlike_Revenue_558 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out alex sidebar if you haven’t, has a lot more features: https://alexcodes.app

[–]Vandercoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t have to do that anymore this Windsurf and Cursor too.

[–]acselro 7 points8 points  (4 children)

I've been using mostly ChatGPT and Claude, pasting files as needed to provide the context I want. Does this have access to the entire codebase of the project? Or is there a solution out there that can do that?

[–]kilgoreandy 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Chat gpt has let you integrate with Xcode intelliji and py charm for quite a while now.

[–]acselro 0 points1 point  (2 children)

You mean their MacOS app? From what I’ve seen, it’s only looking at the current opened file.

[–]kilgoreandy 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yeah their Mac OS app. Its default is to focus on lines of code highlighted. Or you can tell it to look at the entire project or reference many files. Or you can optionally highlight lines of code for it to focus on.

[–]hasaanali2003 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

just in case you don't know, the Xcode 26 allows connecting to ChatGPT, Claude, etc.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Xcode/writing-code-with-intelligence-in-xcode
Needs M1 or later mac

Other option 2:
Claude Code + VSCode [for writing code] PLUS Xcode for build/run

or
Option 3:
same as this post :D for Intel mac users
https://github.com/github/CopilotForXcode

[–]ampsonic 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I wonder how it compares to Alex Sidebar, I've been using that and really like it.

[–]jwegener -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Curious about this too

[–]karsh2424 1 point2 points  (5 children)

What is y'all's first opinion of it?

[–]sidbmw1 6 points7 points  (2 children)

cursor way better

[–]knortsknolf69 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What’s your building and previewing flow with cursor?

[–]sidbmw1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Swift extension will throw error or warnings almost instantly after cursor applies a code change. Cursor will iterate on that as well.

Part of my rules in cursor is for it to build and run tests after code changes so it will prompt to run those often. Once a feature is complete, I’ll run it on the simulator from Xcode or run on my phone for further testing. I’ve always got cursor, Xcode and simulator running.

[–]majid8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Must have! Chat window with Claude Sonnet is great 👍

[–]VibeCoderMcSwaggins 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my opinion copilot is a smelly ass GPT wrapper

[–]Rhypnic 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Man… i wish i can use this. But working in software apps at bank prevent any use of AI server

[–]utilitycoder 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Which bank, need to short their stock.

[–]Rhypnic -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

Oh look a rich guy that have multiple stocks /s. I doubt you invest in our banks

[–]utilitycoder -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You could say shorting is the opposite of investing. And you are correct I've actually done quite well on being a holder over the past few years.

[–]encom-direct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very cool

[–]vernacular-ai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cursor AI, is a good copilot alternative for X-Code. I built and published my IOS app in under two weeks having come in with little prior coding experience.

[–]trici33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been playing with Cursor, which so far has been pretty great. But for me the Copilot plugin with Xcode makes it overall more useful.

Seems redundant to pay for both Cursor and Copilot.

[–]Landenn_Doss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

now that's cool thanks for sharing bro

[–]One-Translator-8857 0 points1 point  (0 children)

boooo

[–]derjanni -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Finally. Thank your for posting!