/Xcode-Snippets

My collection of useful Xcode code snippets! It has been a great time-saver for me so I decided to share it with everyone :)

Xcode Snippets

My collection of useful Xcode code snippets! It has been a great time-saver for me so I decided to share it with everyone :)

Using these Snippets

  • Go to your Xcode user's code snippets directory. Create one if it doesn't exist. open ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/CodeSnippets
  • In that folder, you can either:
    • run git init, then git pull https://github.com/hlung/Xcode-Snippets to that folder (recommended, easy update), OR...
    • download ZIP of this repo, extract .codesnippet files to that folder
  • Restart Xcode.
  • Enjoy!

Note: Each code snippet has a unique IDECodeSnippetIdentifier key, which Xcode generates when I created each snippet. There's a small chance that they will collide with your existing snippets. Fingers crossed.

Creating your own Snippets

In Xcode 4 or 5, open a workspace and toggle the right sidebar to be visible. On the bottom, there is a panel with four icons in the header. Click on the { } icon to open the Code Snippets Library.

Highlight your code block and drag it to the Code Snippet panel. Make sure to match the suggested platform, language, and completion scope.

License

WTFPL