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@andersolsen.flutter.community

As a wannabe Flutter developer, I'm finding Xcode quite challenging to grasp when setting up the iOS simulator. Could anyone recommend a good Xcode tutorial that's geared towards those of us with a Flutter background? I'd really appreciate any guidance, thank you. #flutter #ios #xcode

1/12/24, 8:43 pm1 repost5 likes

Anders Olsén 🇸🇪

@andersolsen.flutter.community

7 Dec 2024

My solution: I wiped out the MacBook. Reinstalled it all. After that I got the simulators for flutter to work properly. I had some other issues but then I got reasonable error messages and could solve it.

Roman Proshin

@proshin.bsky.social

7 Dec 2024

I wonder if Nix can anyhow help with that - so that one doesn’t have to wipe out the system, but instead “re-apply” the Nix config.

Anders Olsén 🇸🇪

@andersolsen.flutter.community

2 Dec 2024

I will check this out, it may spread some light on Xcode. Let's do the homework properly 😀 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Thomas

@escamoteur.bsky.social

2 Dec 2024

But I agree the UX of xcode is the worst of any IDE I ever encountered @sneath.org

Thomas

@escamoteur.bsky.social

2 Dec 2024

I never know where to find anything in that UI.

Thomas

@escamoteur.bsky.social

2 Dec 2024

What do you mean by needing code to set up the simulator?

Anders Olsén 🇸🇪

@andersolsen.flutter.community

2 Dec 2024

It says "search for: Base Configuration" but there is nothing called "Base Configuration" in my Xcode. I guess I don't understand the logic behind it. I just click around and feel like a loser. (2/2)

Thomas

@escamoteur.bsky.social

2 Dec 2024

That's kind of weird to be honest because normally it works pretty much out of the box. Especially if you only want to run the app in the simulator. So I think this is a problem in your installation

Anders Olsén 🇸🇪

@andersolsen.flutter.community

2 Dec 2024

Yes probably my installation. Simple apps runs well, but when adding firebase I need to change stuff in Xcode. And everything goes bad.

Anders Olsén 🇸🇪

@andersolsen.flutter.community

2 Dec 2024

I am using Vs Code and want to setup the iphone iOS simulator. There are errors and guidelines on what to change, but I find it hard to even find the right parameters in Xcode to change. (1/2)

Sesh

@seshsx.bsky.social

3 Dec 2024

It’s a complete pain and I went the route of using codemagic.io and pushing it to TestFlight and testing it on device. There’s a plugin for barcode to launch simulator. When you have it installed you just click the bottom right hand corner of vscode where it probably says chrome and change it.

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