AppCode 2018.3 Help

Opening, Reopening, and Closing Projects

AppCode lets you open several projects simultaneously in different windows. By default, each time you open a project while another one is opened, AppCode prompts you to choose whether to open the project in the same window or in a new window.

If necessary, choose one of the options in the Project Opening section of the System Settings page to change this behavior:

  • Open project in new window to open a new AppCode window each time a new project is opened.

  • Open project in the same window to stay in the same AppCode window.

  • Confirm window to open project in to keep the default behavior and display a dialog box to choose how to open each new project.

Opening projects

Open a project

  1. Click Open on the Welcome screen or File | Open on the main menu.

  2. Navigate to the desired *.xcodeproj directory.

  3. In the Select Path dialog box, select the directory that contains the project to open.

  4. Specify whether you want to open the project in a new frame, or close the current project and reuse the existing frame.

Open a project from the command line

  • At the command prompt, type:

    AppCode <path_to_the_desired_*.xcodeproj folder>

Reopening recent projects

AppCode keeps the history list of the recent projects, from which you can select the desired one.

When AppCode starts, the most recent project reopens by default (unless this option is disabled on the System Settings page of the Settings/Preferences dialog (⌘,).

Reopen a recent project

  • Click Open Recent on the File menu and select the desired project from the list.

    Specify whether you want to open the project in a new frame, reuse the current frame, or attach it to the currently opened project.

  • On the Welcome screen, click the project of interest in the left-hand pane where the list of your recent projects is shown. Start typing in the Welcome screen to filter the list of recent projects.

Remove a project from the list of recent projects

  • Click Open Recent on the File menu, then click Manage Projects at the very bottom of the recent project list.

  • Click the closing icon for the project to remove. The selected project will be removed from the list of the recent project in the Project window and on the Welcome screen.

To remove a project only from the list on the Welcome Screen, right-click the target project and select Remove Selected from Welcome Screen.

Closing projects

When the only open project is closed, the Welcome screen is displayed. In case of multiple projects, each one is closed with its frame.

To close a project

  • On the main menu, click Close Project on the File menu.

Last modified: 28 March 2019

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