Open a simple directory in XCode

Question

ForumsContributor OP

Created Aug ’22

Replies 5

Boosts 3

Views 4.9k

Participants 5

I wanna browse through the source code of a project written in C++, and I feel like XCode is a more appropriate browser for C++ code than something like VSC. The folder has nothing xcode-like in it besides .cpp & .h files and nothing else.

XCode doesn't seem to like simple folders, I drag n' dropped one on the app and it thought the folder was a file, using cmd + O didn't help either. Is there some hidden method for opening directorys or is a 33 GB app not designed to open a simple folder? I've checked Google and shockingly didn't get an answer or anyone else experiencing the same problem, SO, Reddit, you name it.

Boost

Answer 1

TanmayBanerjeeP41 OP

Nov ’22

Have faced the same issue ... this is insane to see a huge memory blocking IDE is not allowing to open a folder just because it's not something created from it ... wow.... nice ... that's not fair.

1

Answer 2

quisher OP

Jan ’23

Same issue here. Unable to open a simple folder containing H and C files along with some assembly. This is very unfortunate.

0

Answer 3

AndyJJ OP

Jan ’23

If you want to just view the code, open them from the terminal: open *.* or open *.h for header files, open *.c for C files, etc. Assuming Xcode is the default app for opening these files in your system.

Alternatively, create an empty C/C++ project and then add the files to it.

If the code files include a cmake (https://cmake.org) project file CMakeLists.txt, then you can easily create an Xcode project from it:

mkdir xcode && cd xcode
cmake -GXcode ..

And then open the generated Xcode project file.

0

Answer 4

garyo OP

Aug ’23

I'm also confused about this. How can I use XCode to browse a directory tree full of source files (in whatever languages) like any other IDE?

1

Answer 5

KrYounger OP

Jan ’24

xed . or xed folderName

0