the Jan. 28, 2013 release of Apple's integrated development environment (IDE) for Mac OS X and iOS. USAGE NOTE: Use this tag only for questions that are specific to this version of Xcode, and not for general Mac or iOS programming topics. Use [cocoa] for Mac programming questions, and [cocoa-touch] or [ios] for iOS programming questions.
Xcode 4.6, Apple's integrated development environment (IDE) for Mac OS X and iOS, was released January 28, 2013.
Use this tag for questions that are specific to Xcode 4.6, and not for general programming questions. Use the macos or cocoa tags for macOS programming questions; use the ios or cocoa-touch tags for iOS (formerly iPhone OS) programming questions; for questions about the Objective-C language and its features, use the objective-c tag; also, avoid adding the Xcode tag if your question would stay the same if you would use any other editor for writing your program code.
Features of the 4.6 release:
- Includes iOS SDK: iOS 6.1
- Includes Mac SDK: OS X Mountain Lion 10.8
Device support (added):
- iPad mini
- iPad with Retina display (4th generation)
Changes:
- Xcode 4.6 is the last release to include the LLVM-GCC compiler and the GDB debugger.
- Package Maker app was deprecated, use the
productbuild
command to create installer packages.
Source: Release notes for Xcode 4.6
See xcode for more information.