Problems with XCode versus Project Builder
Problems with XCode versus Project Builder
- Subject: Problems with XCode versus Project Builder
- From: Mike Lazear <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:30:12 -0800
A month ago I switched from Project Builder to XCode. I'm still
learning XCode features so at this point I'm not sure if I like it
better or worse than PB.
Here are some of the problems/issues I've had with XCode:
1. In PB I had customized the toolbars to make it easy to bounce
between windows. I added the debug window icon to the build window
toolbar and I added the build window icon to debug window toolbar.
That made it very easy to bounce between the two.
With XCode I've added the debug window icon to the build window
toolbar. However, on the customization for the debug window toolbar
there is no build window icon. There is a build icon and a build and
debug icon but no icon that I can see that will let me bounce back to
the build window. Am I missing something here? Any idea why that
would have been removed?
2. I'm constantly calling up the Expressions window (or looking for it
on the desktop). Is there a way to have the Expressions "docked" or
always shown within the Debug window. The variable pane in the debug
window that shows the local variables and parameters is great but why
not have another arrow/triangle that shows all of the variables listed
in the expressions window. Any one know a better way to view global
variables?
3. Sometimes when I look at the find results or list of errors from a
build the results disappear. I have to click on something else in the
Groups & Files list on the left and then reclick on the file or results
I want and then the results display correctly. Is this a known
problem?
4. XCode crashes 2 or 3 times a day. I'm hoping this is just standard
"first release" problems and that the next release will be more stable.
It seems to happen at random times so I'm not really any help in
suggesting why it happens.
5. Recently I had a problem with resources not be compiled into my
application even though they showed in the Resource folder underneath
my App in the Groups & Files list. After a bunch of searching I found
that if I clicked on the App name it showed a list of all files. In my
case the resource files check boxes were not checked. Checking the
boxes fixed my problem.
This brings up a bigger point of what actually controls what files are
included or not included in a build of my application. The files that
make up my app show up if I click on the App name, they show in the
folders underneath the App name (Sources, Resources,...), they show up
in the folders under Targets and they show up in the folder
"Implementation Files". What is the point of the files showing up in
so many places and which one really controls the project?
6. If I'm debugging my app and I terminate the debug, add a line of
code, build and then debug again the breakpoints are all messed up. In
order to clean it up I have to clean and then rebuild the entire app.
This seems like a bug in XCode to me.
Any one know of the timeframe for an updated XCode?
I appreciate all responses.
Thanks,
Mike
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