Apple pushed out Xcode 5.0 in the Mac App Store amidst the release of iOS 7 worldwide for iDevices. The Xcode 5.0 included the iOS7 SDK and the 64-bit compiler.
Xcode 5.0 Change Log
• Includes SDKs for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and iOS 7.
• LLVM compiler builds 64-bit apps for iOS 7.
• Automatic Configuration enables services like iCloud and Game Center with one click.
• Test Navigator helps you quickly add, edit, and run unit tests.
• Test Assistants display tests and code side-by-side for test driven development.
• Auto Layout in IB can generate constraints automatically, or allow free-form design.
• Preview Assistant demonstrates your UI in portrait or landscape, for iOS 6 or iOS 7.
• Asset Catalog organizes all your project’s images in a single .xcassets archive.
• Debug Gauges show CPU, memory, iCloud, and OpenGL ES usage at a glance.
• Source Control top-level menu enables context sensitive branching and merging.
• Modules build setting speeds compile times, and enables auto-linking system frameworks.
The Xcode 5.0 update comes to a whooping 1.96GB, It’s bound to get downloaded slowly with all the heavy traffic behind the iOS7 download.
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