GitHub announced an important update this week for developers working on Mac. That’s because the first preview of Apple’s GitHub Copilot for Xcode is now available, allowing developers to try new AI-based features and improve their workflows.
GitHub brings Copilot to Xcode
For those unfamiliar, GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant that helps developers write code faster by providing suggestions and requests for specific commands. Developers can also use the command line to ask Copilot for help and generate change descriptions in pull requests.
GitHub Copilot was already available in many IDEs, including Android Studio and Visual Studio Code. This feature will also be integrated into Xcode, the software used to develop apps for Apple platforms such as macOS and iOS.
“Apple developers now have the same intelligent coding assistance seamlessly integrated into their favorite IDE. With this public beta, Xcode users can now use Copilot to increase their productivity. , which can speed up development and improve the overall coding experience,” GitHub said in a blog post.
GitHub Copilot in Xcode allows developers to use code completion, multiline suggestions, and content filtering. This feature works with multiple programming languages, including Swift and Objective-C.
To try the public preview of GitHub Copilot for Xcode, developers must have a valid Copilot license. Next, you need to follow the step-by-step guide available on the GitHub website.
It’s worth noting that Xcode 16 also includes AI-based features for predictive code in Swift using language models developed by Apple. You can download the latest version of Xcode from the Apple Developer website.
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