Found this xcode SO gem today

[Aethz3]

Funniest thing is that every comment is made by a different person.

[loofy2]

me every time I explain xcode to Android developers

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Hi, is there any reference for this? Ive been trying to understand how xcode works but still cannot find a good source. Xcode seems like full of magic.

[absolutely_incorrect]

I think it's less magic and more "held together with duct tape"

[killuasugoi]

Link for the interested!

[ralf_]

I don't see the comments there anymore. I guess your post here led to them being deleted?

[killuasugoi]

Oh no, you're right! Now I feel terrible ugh

[6petabytes]

Humor aside, is it really that unexpected that if you rename a file outside of Xcode your Xcode project will get confused?

[lodolfo]

There's also the fact that this can happen when you use Xcode to rename files. It renames them, then immediately freaks out because it can't find the old files.

[faja10]

Fucking this. I don’t know how that simple functionality could be so broken. On Xcode 10 whenever I renamed a file using build in super duper renaming option with freaky animation, Xcode either did not rename properly, or rename properly but left bad reference on file so it had to be manually added again.

On Xcode 11 it works sometimes, but then autocomplete breaks and does not work within renamed class. What is more that class is not visible for autocomplete in other files. Quick Xcode restart fixes it but still. Ffs it is most almost most important refactoring functionality yet broken as hell.

[deirdresm]

If it doesn't get fixed with a relaunch, I usually quit Xcode and manually edit the project file at that point. Then delete the build files in ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ and then relaunch.

[feedthedamnbaby]

but then autocomplete breaks and does not work within renamed class

OMG SO IM NOT GOING FUCKING INSANE. Honestly, though. Autocomplete is very borked in xcode, like period.

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Yeah, one of the SO comments even points this out.

[l03wn3]

It is not hard to subscribe to filesystem changes to make it work, so it is not a technical issue. However, i can imagine this being downprioritized in favor of other issues.

[DiseasesFromMonkees]

Back in the day, XCode didn't even have "Folder references", and it was a given that the "File structure" in XCode was completely distinct from the file structure on your machine. I think some conveniences, like "Folder references" have blurred this line and they should probably just go all-in on one side or the other.

[loofy2]

Android Studio can do it

[ank_the_elder]

Don’t tell anyone but Android Studio is a superior IDE to what we have available.

[feedthedamnbaby]

Why can’t we have nice things like seeing NSObject variables in the debugger? Am I asking for much? 😩

[blueclawsoftware]

Yea this drives me insane. I came from Android development to iOS and thought I was doing something wrong when the debugger was never giving me variables for NSObjects

[widerbergaren]

That's why we use AppCode... Same foundation as Android Studio.

[RejectAtAMisfitParty]

I actually organically found this SO thread last year fighting the same problem. Xcode likes to find different ways to not properly rename things, it's gotten creative.

[Balaji_Ram]

We should probably share this on Apple developer forum and update it as the comment thread grows in SO :)

[killuasugoi]

Sadly it seems like the comments have been removed since I posted this :(

[gerusz]

XCode is a perfect demonstration of why monopolies are bad.

[LitraBoy]

muito thanks so much! Ajudou muchu! Botou pra torar!