Configuring the iOS SDK
The iOS SDK is provided by a single application: Xcode. Xcode is one behemoth of an application; it controls all the official ways in which you will interact with Apple’s platforms and is only available for macOS. As large as Xcode is, there are a few pieces of software that are missing. Two of these are community tools: CocoaPods and Homebrew. These are package managers, or programs that install other programs. You can use both of these tools to build iOS apps.
Downloading Xcode
The iOS SDK comes bundled with Apple’s IDE, Xcode. The best place to get Xcode is through the Apple App Store:
- Press Command + Space to open Spotlight and then type in
app store:
Figure 1.6: App Store results in Spotlight
As an alternative, you can just click on the menu in the top-left corner of your screen and select App Store, but keyboard shortcuts are much more fun.
- After the App Store opens, search for
Xcodeand select...
