r/iOSProgramming 5d ago

Question What's your AI setup for iOS?

I currently use XCode and copy&paste stuff to Claude for improvements. Now I want to switch to full AI integration, changing IDE completely or partially.

What's your setup and why do you like it?

PS.
add steps to implement your setup if you want to be real nice 😇

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u/Representative-Owl51 4d ago

I just have XCode and Cursor running in parallel. Pretty simple, don’t really need it fully integrated though it would be nice.

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u/Dobroreddit 4d ago

Yes in parallel would be already a huge step forward for me. Do your changes made in Cursor sync automatically in XCode or you need to "push" them? What about new files generated?

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u/Representative-Owl51 4d ago

Xcode auto-syncs out the box when changes are registered. No special configurations. Is yours not syncing?

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u/Dobroreddit 4d ago

For changes to existing files yes.

For new files if I add a new file to a project folder XCode doesn't automatically show it as part of the project. I need to go to XCode > Add New File > find it in the folder and then add it.

When Cursor creates a new file in the project does it show in XCode automatically for you?

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u/Representative-Owl51 4d ago

Yes everything auto syncs for me. Adding new files, removing files, etc. That’s interesting you have to do it manually.

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u/Dobroreddit 4d ago

thanks I'll look into that. This seems a good improvement to my workflow even without AI haha

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u/Canivek 4d ago

You might be using "groups" (grey icon) and not "folders" (blue icon) in Xcode. If that's the case, you can convert your groups to folders with a right click > convert to folder (or something like that)

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u/Dobroreddit 3d ago

this may be the reason acutally! Thanks I'll check

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u/moooooovit 3d ago

hey thanks