Xcode 14 Beta 3 Core Data Model Editor Style

This shows as having been fixed in the release notes, but it isn't showing for me for the last three builds I've installed. The button to switch between visual entity/attribute/relationship editor and textual editor is entirely missing.

-- the full statement in the 14beta3 notes reads: "Fixed: The diagram view has been removed from the Core Data data model editor in Xcode 14."

Ah. Thanks DelawareMathGuy for your comment.

I had interpreted this as:

"We fixed the problem of: The diagram view has been removed from the Core Data data model editor in Xcode 14."

rather than:

"We fixed the problem of the missing diagram view in Xcode 14 by removing it."

If their definition of "Fixed" is to simply delete important functionality, well, not to be too snarky, but I was actually looking at switching to Realm just now...

I do think the graph view is crucial for establishing and analyzing relationships.

It would certainly help to have access to bug 92485092. I just checked Open Radar again, and can't find anything concerning this.

I believe this problem happened during Xcode 12's lifetime. Here's to hoping the "diagram view" / "Editor Style: Graph" view returns to Xcode 14 soon.

I did file a Feedback Assistant issue, number 10793066.

For completeness, I am attaching a screenshot showing the Editor Style [Table | Graph] buttons from Xcode 13 that are missing in Xcode 14 beta 3 Build 14A5270f.

Hal

This unannounced removal of longstanding critically important CoreData "visualization perspective" is business hostile and illegal! "Project Manager" Sunil, this very flippant answer is business unacceptable and the "button" had better be in Xcode 14 by September 7, 2022 or face, let's say....... escalation.....

To make this more confusing and frustrating, the Editor Style button is STILL FEATURED IN DOCS found here. If this is going away, at least correct your documentation.

It's really a mess that apple seems to be just removing important features, without announcing a solution to that and producing docs and wwdc videos featuring this button.

Wow! Just realized the Core Data diagram view is MIA in Xcode 14. You would think there would be a word about this in the release notes, but NO. NO we disappeared this feature. NO this is a known omission. NOTHING.

Very few style points awarded for this maneuver!

Now that I'm past being upset about the removal of the Core Data Diagram View (without notice in version release notes), I want to add my rationale for restoring this feature.

I am working a Core Data model with 29 entities including several parent/child relationships. It's not a perfect relational database by any means. The diagram view was my GOTO to restrain the complexity I was modeling. If I could not unravel the diagram to keep the lines from crossing, then there likely was something wrong. Now I am looking at my data model in the traditional editor view and I have no idea how these forcibly alphabetized entities relate to each other a s a group. It's a HUGE LOSS for me, and I am VERY DISAPPOINTED.

OK, so I'm only one developer in millions. I'm guessing more will come to realize this is missing as they try to produce a diagram view. But really, Apple, this is a sleazy slight of hand you just foisted on all of us.

Apple disappointed me.

Just "upgraded" to Xcode 14 and also quickly discovered the (unmentioned) missing diagram editor.

What's there now is a 30 year step backwards. Feels like we're back in MPW.

Is there a similar visualisation tool that anyone can recommend? I couldn't find any.

It was extremely useful for large data models. It just needed a way to export to some zoomable media as the graph would never fit even on very large screen but other than that it was fit for purpose so it's not clear why Apple decided to pull the plug on it.

dangg apple delete it when i really need it

Faaaaaarkkkkkk!!!! You've got to be kidding me!

I would always go on about this feature to web developers - it's pretty much the greatest reason to use core data. If they intentionally removed this editor, that's a huge loss!

very strange using Core Data without Editor Style

Code Data's diagram editor style facilitates powerful collaboration on an app's data model. Apple, please bring this Xcode capability back!!! Losing this feature introduces immense cognitive overhead in the development, design, and maintenance of a Core Data data model. The best analogy that I can come up with for this backwards move, is that it's the same as asking Mac users to give the GUI they overwhelming love and appreciate, and force them to revert back to using the command line.

Is there any workaround for this missing feature?

“Code Data's diagram editor style facilitates powerful collaboration on an app's data model. Apple, please bring this Xcode capability back!!! Losing this feature introduces immense cognitive overhead in the development, design, and maintenance of a Core Data data model. The best analogy that I can come up with for this backwards move, is that it's the same as asking Mac users to give the GUI they overwhelming love and appreciate, and force them to revert back to using the command line.”

Correct. Same with me! Xcode 14.1 from October 22.

Dear Apple, yes, this sucks, and I will not be using Xcode 14 for my development work moving forward, until this feature is put back. The ERD View is critical to any database design process and doubly so, when trying to re-do a database that someone else programmed!! So, to use your thinking, I now have to manually re-create all of these tables into another tool entirely to get that view and to be able to produce the database documentation for our Auditors so that they can do this? There are SO MANY reasons to have that view that go beyond mere convenience. Please bring it back!!!! You're making it harder for us Devs to continue working in your ecosystem.

I suggested a workaround using Xcode 12.4 and my message was deleted. I just would like to know why?

You could design your app's data models in a tool like OneGen (onegen.io) which would generate the Swift Core Data models for you. However, it doesn't support importing existing core data models to get the visual representation.

Full disclosure: I'm a co-founder of the tool and I took the liberty to integrate Core Data code generation as I learned about this "fix".

Suggestion: get an old Mac (mine is Mac mini late 2012, install macOS Catalina (10.15 7) and Xcode 12.4 (12D4e). CoreData graph editor works ok. My idea is to move

the CoreData stuff to Xcode 12.4 and build it as a package and bring it back to Xcode 14.1 by importing it as a package. I did not test the package idea yet.

Loosing the CoreData graph editor is realy disapointing and a black day in my Apple experience.

At 15min16sec of « Evolve your Core Data schema » video of WWDC22, those style buttons are clearly shown in Xcode. Why those style buttons have been removed from Xcode 14? It simply doesn't make sense. I submitted a ticket through Feedback Assistant and I encourage every developer to do the same.

I'm using Xcode 14.0, have we gone back to Xcode 1.0? Why, is this time saving feature missing in action? Which Apple Team came up with this dark idea? Is there something broken here? Removing this feature makes troubleshooting a Core Data Model a lot more time consuming and less reliable! Over the last 4 months there has been NO reply from Apple, is there anyone from Apple listening to so many developers on this issue? What a BAD practice!

This is a screenshot from Apple’s online documentation related to Core Data. It clearly shows the editor’s style buttons. It doesn’t make sense modelling a large object model by simply working a relation from an entity then going to the other entity and creating a relation and going back to the previous entity to make sure the relationship is correct. The WYSIWYG editor is the tool needed.