Does Xcode have code autoformat feature?
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Is any way to autoformat a source code in the Xcode IDE?
Iphone Solutions
Solution 1 - Iphone
There isn't really an autoformat option in Xcode.
There is an option ^I
(Control-I) to re-indent the code, which will re-align the code according to the tab width set in your preferences, but that's about as far as it goes.
You might have better luck with a text editor like TextMate? I don't know for certain, but I know it supports Objective-C and has some macros, there may be a reformat option?
Solution 2 - Iphone
Yes Xcode 4 has an autoformat feature.
Try following:
- Select text. CMD+A.
- Press CTRL+I .
Please also see here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3558709/fix-code-indentation-in-xcode
Solution 3 - Iphone
One trick is to select the code (either "select all" or just the section you want to re-format) - then cut, then paste it back. This triggers the automatic code formatting in the Xcode editor.
Solution 4 - Iphone
ctrl + I will auto format the code you're selecting
Solution 5 - Iphone
ClangFormat-Xcode is an Xcode plugin available in Alcatraz. This is a nice code format tool.
Solution 6 - Iphone
I found that the Copy & Paste method (Cmd-A then Cmd-C then Cmd-V) worked in XCode 4 and was the method I used whilst I was waiting for google to display the results (Mac was going slow!)
Solution 7 - Iphone
To change, go to xCode => Preferences => Text Editing => Indentation => Automatically indent based on syntax.
Solution 8 - Iphone
Format on Save
For anyone wanting to format on save this is what I did. It's a bit janky but it works well. ⤵
- To get started pick out a formatter for Xcode. I'd recommend SwiftFormat but here's a list of a bunch of them and other handy extensions.
- Once you have a formatter picked out assign it a hotkey in Xcode that's not taken such as
CMD + ~
- Then download a shortcut mapper such as BetterTouchTool.
- In your shortcut mapper simply setup
CMD + S
for Xcode and set it to actually use your shortcut you set for your fomatter. Like this ⤵