Apple has just released an updated version of Xcode to support today’s iOS 5 and OS X 10.7.2 releases. Xcode 4.2 is available now through the Mac App Store (Link), as well as through Apple’s developer portal.
Xcode is Apple’s development platform for creating applications for both OS X and iOS. The full change log of the release follows:
What’s New in Version 4.2
- Includes SDKs for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and iOS 5
- Storyboards let you design multiple iOS screens, and define the segues among them
- Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) saves you from manually managing retain/release
- iCloud entitlements are automatically enabled for Mac and iOS apps
- OpenGL ES Debugger graphically analyzes your OpenGL scene directly within the IDE
- Apple LLVM compiler supports C++11 features and the LLVM libc++ standard library
- Older iOS Simulators and device debugging symbols are downloaded on-demand
Xcode 4.2 requires OS X Lion and is a free download on the Mac App Store (Mac App Store Link).
