80 Xcode Tips To Improve Productivity - Xcode 9 iOS11 Swift4

• Introduction

• How to use Xcode Preview

• Vertical stacked assistant editor

• Group multiple controls using the "Embed in view"

• Lock control properties to prevent changes

• Use image directly without writing any code

• Change the height of controls by using layout constraints

• Creating color pallettes for your projects

• Use installed checkbox to temporarily remove a view from the scene

• Code snippet with shortcut to boost productivity

• Control drag between views to set layout constraints

• Add tokens to code snippets

• How and why you should use outlet collections

• Add breakpoint exception

• Change variable name in scope

• Project-wide variable rename

• Give names to controls inside the document outline

• Options to bring up the heirarchy of views to make selection easier

• Media library and adding image without adding UIImageView

• Use the Option key to see the distances between controls

• Open file quickly

• Open quickly in assistant editor

• Treat warnings as errors

• How to use constraint identifier

• How to extract method

• Enable line numbers and jumping to a line number

• Folding and unfolding codes using ribbons

• Xcode tabs will make you more productive

• 3D view to open files in different modes

• Refactor to storyboard: how to use multiple storyboards

• File template library

• Add multiple objects at the same time from the object library

• Structural highlighting

• Meaning of letters beside project navigator files

• Double length pseudo language

• Increase or decrease font size of code

• Under opaque bar property of a view controller

• Resize to fit to content

• Different ways to duplicate your controls

• Make bulk changes - modify properties of disimilar controls

• Quick way to edit constraint value

• Named colors

• Right click on view controller icon to see all connections

• Resolving constraint issues using the document outline

• Intrinsic size and constraints

• Jump to definition using command click

• Drag code to a new location

• Autocomplete productivity - combine multiple keywords

• Comment out chunks of code

• Option click to open file in assistant editor

• Command + Enter to get out of assistant editor mode

• Jump through the 8 navigator tabs using shortcut commands

• Automatic indentation

• Indent code to the left or right

• Hide the left or right pane with simple shortcut keys

• Dragging objects directly to the document outline

• Double click on objects inside document outline to move them around

• Function dropdown for easy navigating your code file

• MARK and TODO

• Option click to see quick definition of classes

• Searching current file and entire project

• Add quick documentation to any function

• Change the name of the app from plist

• Show or hide the autocomplete window

• Horizontal and vertical guides

• Multiple ways to deal with breakpoints

• Build, Run and Stop Xcode with shortcut keys

• Clean the project

• Recently changed files

• File history takes you directly to where you last worked

• Quickly change images in your project

• Quickly switch between two Xcode windows

• Show bounds rectangle

• Placeholder background

• Step through your issues

• Select different nearby neighbour for constraints

• Adjust label height based on it's content using flexible height constraint

• Quickly open assistant editor mode

• Hide or show the debug area with keyboard shortcut

• Move single or multiple lines of code up or down

• View plist as source code

• Conclusion

• Bonus