17.15 Monitoring Application Performance
Another useful feature of Xcode is the ability to monitor the performance of an application while it is running, either on a device or simulator or within the Live Preview canvas. This information is accessed by displaying the Debug Navigator.
When Xcode is launched, the project navigator is displayed in the left-hand panel by default. Along the top of this panel is a bar with a range of other options. The seventh option from the left displays the debug navigator when selected as illustrated in Figure 17-26. When displayed, this panel shows a number of real-time statistics relating to the performance of the currently running application such as memory, CPU usage, disk access, energy efficiency, network activity and iCloud storage access.
Figure 17-26
When one of these categories is selected, the main panel (Figure 17-27) updates to provide additional information about that particular aspect of the application’s performance...