Menus are a critical interaction model on iPadOS. People can view your app’s menus by pressing the Command key on Magic Keyboard for iPad, and they can initiate menu commands using appropriate keyboard shortcuts. If you build a Mac version of your app using Mac Catalyst, your menus also become the

Learn the basics of Xcode, SwiftUI, and UIKit to create compelling apps.

For macOS apps, just click the Run button. When your app launches, the debug area opens, where you can control the execution of your app and inspect variables. When the app stops at the breakpoint, use the controls in the debug area to step through the code or continue execution. When you are done running the app, click the Stop button in the ...

Swift Playground is a revolutionary app for iPad and Mac that helps you learn to code and build apps using Swift, the same powerful language used to create world-class apps for the App Store. Engaging lessons and walkthroughs demonstrate the core concepts of coding and building apps as you write real Swift code in an interactive environment.

Build a desktop-class iPad app. Discover how you can create iPad apps that take advantage of desktop class features. Join Mohammed from the UIKit team as we explore the latest navigation, collection view, menu, and editing APIs and learn best practices for building powerful iPad apps.

Build your first app in Swift Playgrounds. Learn how you can easily prototype and build apps with Swift Playgrounds. We'll show you how to create an app from a blank project, build its interface with SwiftUI, and use Swift Package Manager to add extra functionality from an …

With powerful developer tools like Swift and Xcode, every business can build amazing apps. Swift is a powerful, open source language that includes modern features developers love. And Xcode includes everything you need to create, build, and debug apps on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV.

Build for iPad. Learn how to improve iPad apps to leverage the increased screen size and additional features of iPadOS, and help people accomplish more with their devices. Discover how you can build detailed multi-column layouts and integrate lists into your app with little adjustment to your existing code.

To stop an in-progress build, select Product > Stop, or click the Stop button in your project’s toolbar. A scheme’s build configuration determines how Xcode launches the product. For a scheme that builds an app, Xcode launches the app itself. For other products, you specify the app to launch using the scheme editor.

Build for the iPadOS pointer Help people who use iPad with a Magic Keyboard, mouse, trackpad or other input device get the most out of your app. We'll show you how to add customizations to the pointer on iPad using pointer interaction APIs, create pointer effects for your buttons and custom views, and change the pointer shape in specific areas ...