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I'm debugging an iPhone application and, well, gdb is just not doing it for me.

Are there any alternative debuggers or debugger uis I can use for XCode in general, or specifically for debugging iPhone applications?

blueberryfields
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    I'm not aware of a debugger other than gdb for XCode. :( You might like this as far as debugging using gdb / XCode: [Objective-C Debugging tips in Xcode4?](http://stackoverflow.com/a/7650979/590956) – Sam Jan 30 '12 at 17:00
  • Are you talking about GDB from the command line (console tab) or Xcode's visual display? – David Dunham Jan 30 '12 at 17:44
  • I'm using Xcode, so ideally from there, but if there's a way to debug my iOS apps nicely from somewhere else, I'm all ears :) – blueberryfields Jan 30 '12 at 19:09

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lldb is the only supported alternative. Last time I checked it was in alpha state.

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Life was better for Apple developers when we had a choice of IDE's (CodeWarrior, Think__, MPW, etc.) and debuggers (anybody remember Jasiks?), but anyways... consider this a business opportunity (to write a better debugger).

Not sure if you care to know this fact, since I have a feeling you're just not too thrilled with Xcode's built in debugging capabilities, but you CAN change the debugger between GDB and LLDB very easily. Look at the "To change the debugger..." section of Apple's Debugging & Analyzing Your Code document (right at the top, within the first screen of text).

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