Xcode Cloud will let developers remotely build apps, improving collaboration and efficiency

Apple's new Xcode Cloud allows development teams to more easily collaborate, even when working remotely, and it automatically builds apps for all Apple devices and platforms, freeing up a developer's Mac to accomplish other tasks.

Neil Hughes 5 years ago 3

New malware uses malicious Xcode project to install back-doors on developer Macs

Security researchers have discovered a new malware that targets Xcode developers by using the coding platform's scripting features to install a backdoor onto affected machines.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 0

Buddybuild shutting down three years after Apple acquisition

The developer support service Buddybuild is being shut down by Apple, just over three years after the iPhone maker acquired the company.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 2

Xcode 12.2 beta includes support for iOS 14.2, tvOS 14.2, and more

The latest Xcode beta for macOS Big Sur includes support for unreleased operating systems likely to be used in the upcoming "iPhone 12" and Macs with Apple Silicon.

Wesley Hilliard 5 years ago 3

New Mac malware infects and spreads via Xcode projects

A number of Xcode projects have been found to contain malware that can attack Safari and other browsers, security researchers have revealed, with the discovery of XCSSET malware making its way into Mac software projects through largely unknown means.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 18

New App Store review process allows developers to challenge guidelines

Amid controversy surrounding Apple's stringent — and notoriously capricious — application of App Store rules, the company on Monday announced a major change to the review process that will allow developers to challenge specific guidelines.

Mikey Campbell 5 years ago 4

Podcast

iPhone SE review, iMessage editing, iOS 13.5 beta, and more on the AppleInsider Podcast

Stephen Robles 6 years ago 0

Why Apple may bring Xcode to the iPad, and what it has to do

Apple's pro applications, and more importantly its software development tools, are reportedly coming to iPadOS. AppleInsider talked to developers about how likely this is, and what they want — and need — to see.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 44

Apple releases first beta of COVID-19 Exposure Notification API for developers

Apple and Google are advancing their Exposure Notification program, and both are delivering pre-release versions of code to developers inside public health authorities globally on Wednesday.

Mike Wuerthele 6 years ago 5

XCode may be coming to the iPhone and iPad very soon

Apple could be in the process of developing a version of XCode to run on iPhones and iPads in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, a leaker claims, a rumor that could lead to mobile apps being developed on the devices they will be ultimately used on in the future.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 31

Apple's Catalyst polarizes developers ahead of iOS 13, Catalina launch

After months of working with Catalyst, and just ahead of the release of macOS Catalina, developers have thoughts on what's good and what's still surprisingly bad about Apple's project to get iOS apps on the Mac.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 22

WWDC19: SwiftUI was the brightest star in a galaxy of new ideas

I talked to lots of developers at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, from fresh-faced scholarship winners entirely new to WWDC to an experienced veteran who reported having first attended Apple's annual dev event back in 1991. The unanimous answer to "what's the most exciting thing you saw this week?" was SwiftUI, hands down.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 19

Apple's WWDC 2019 scholarships have a March 24 deadline

Students and select groups of others can now apply for scholarships to attend WWDC 2019 in San Jose, but they'll have to act fast to have a chance.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 0

Apple's UIKit, Xcode among the top 20 fastest growing, in demand skills

Freelancer site Upwork published a listing of the top twenty fastest growing skills of the more than 5,000 it tracks. The list cited Apple's iOS development framework UIKit and its Xcode development tools, both of which took center stage at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference this summer.

Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 7

iOS app porting won't make Mac feel like iPhone, Apple's Federighi says

Apple's efforts to bring iOS apps to the Mac have been underway for two years, and the porting process for third-party developers won't be completely automatic, software engineering head Craig Federighi said in an interview.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 57

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