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Add “app” target support

So far we added iOS support but only for Swift packages. What if you want to work on a typical app target. Trying to open the root folder gives this error:

What if you want to work on an iOS app and not on a Swift Package? SourceKit-LSP always looks for a package.json in root folder assuming that it always deals with a Swift package. An iOS app is not a Swift package and for that reason we need to trick SourceKit-LSP by adding a dummy Package.swift. Add this file to the root of your project (same level as .xcodeproj)

// swift-tools-version:5.2
import PackageDescriptionlet packageName = "PROJECT_NAME" // <-- Change this to yourslet package = Package(
name: "",
// platforms: [.iOS("9.0")],
products: [
.library(name: packageName, targets: [packageName])
],
targets: [
.target(
name: packageName,
path: packageName
)
]
)

Don’t forget to set packageName to your own one.

Restart VSCode one last time and voila! Proper UIKit auto-completion

Add ios framework support

What is we achieved so far is to enable Swift development but VSCode has no idea about iOS frameworks. If you try to import UIKit you will get an error.

Insert this JSON in settings.json. You might need to update the x86_64-apple-ios13.6-simulator line based on the current version that you have installed.

"sourcekit-lsp.serverArguments": ["-Xswiftc","-sdk","-Xswiftc","/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk","-Xswiftc","-target","-Xswiftc","x86_64-apple-ios13.6-simulator",],

This will work for Swift packages that reference iOS frameworks like UIKit.

Build the sourcekit-lsp extension

Now it is time to build the SourceKit-LSP extension. There is an unofficial SourceKit-LSP — Unofficial CI build but this did not work for me. Building it from source is not that hard. Just make sure you have node.js installed and then run:

Configure the extension

You need to let the plugin know the location of the sourcekit-lsp executable. Open settings.json from VSCode using Cmd Shift P and enter “Preferences: Open Settings (JSON)”.

Insert this JSON as the last entry in the existing JSON. Remember to add a comma in the previous line.

"sourcekit-lsp.serverPath": "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/sourcekit-lsp"

Enable swift language support

Make sure you have Xcode and VSCode installed. This is the easiest way to hit the ground running since sourcekit-lsp comes prebundled with Xcode. Open a terminal and run:

$ xcrun sourcekit-lsp

Assuming that you don’t see any output this is normal and means it works as expected. Hit Ctrl C to end the process.

Experimenting out in the open

Our new iOS Web Debugger is a public experiment and this means we are releasing it to the public to find out if integrated script debugging for iOS are valuable for developers, so please let us know what you think.

Getting started

To get started, open the Extensions view (⇧⌘X (Windows, Linux Ctrl Shift X)).

Supported features

In this release, we support the following features:

Update

The iOS Web debugger has been deprecated and we now recommend that you use the RemoteDebug iOS WebKit Adapter together with Visual Studio Code. To learn more, see this introductory guide to the RemoteDebug iOS WebKit Adapter.

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