From the course: Introducing App Development for iOS 14

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Key parts of the Xcode interface

Key parts of the Xcode interface

From the course: Introducing App Development for iOS 14

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Key parts of the Xcode interface

- [Instructor] As Xcode can be a little bit overwhelming for new users, let's take a quick tour of the Xcode interface. And what we're going to do is just focus on the essential tools that you need to build your first App. At the top of the screen in Xcode, we have the toolbar. The toolbar has buttons on the left, and on the right, for toggling those areas of the screen, we'll be using those in the course to get more space for writing code. The play button runs your application on the chosen platform, which you can choose over here. See, it says iPod touch 7th generation. If I click right there, I can choose a simulator to run on, a connected device or if I just want to build the application and not run it, I can choose the build option. This text here displays information about the last or currently running build. This plus button is the library that allows you to add visual objects to your App, which we're not going…

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