HelloXcodeExtensions

For lack of a better name, this project is a small Xcode extension with a (growing) collection of edition utilities.

The idea is that I will add certain features that they can be useful when developing apps with Xcode which can be implemented via the Xcode Extensions architecture.

This is mostly a learning project and a place to put certain

Installation

1. Install the HelloXcodeExtensions mac app (which can be downloaded from the releases page)
2. Run the HelloXcodeExtensions at least once (and just close it, it doens't do anything)
3. Open System Preferences > Extensions and allow HelloXcodeExtensions in the Xcode Source Editor section.

4. Restart Xcode and then the extension will be available under Editor > SplitJoin > Toggle Split/Join

Keyboard shortcut

Xcode Source Editor extensions don't support default keyboard shortcuts for excode extensions, so you must create one yourself.

To create one:

1. Open Open System Preferences > Keyboard and select the Shortcuts pane.
2. In the App Shortcuts section you can create a new shortcut by pressing the + button
3. Select Xcode as the Application, fill Toggle Split/Join as the Menu Title and finally assign the keyboard shortcut you wish (A suggestion would be ⌘⇧⌥J).

Usage

SplitJoin

Turns function calls from one line to multiple (or vice versa).

For example, given the following code

static let attributesStyle = SampleAttributeStyle(titleFont: .caption, titleColor: .textPrimary, titleNumberOfLines: 1, titleColomnFixedWidth: 130)

It can be reformatted with Toggle Split/Join to:

static let attributesStyle = SampleAttributeStyle(
    titleFont: .caption,
    titleColor: .textPrimary,
    titleNumberOfLines: 1,
    titleColomnFixedWidth: 130
)

License

MIT

About Xcode Source Extensions

Xcode Source Editor Extensions are very limited, the basic of them is that they only work in one file at a time and just for string manipulation, so when using them you don't have semantic information about the source code.

To learn more about them, the best resource I found was Xcode​Kit and Xcode Source Editor Extensions