Do you have a lot of Xcode projects/workspaces/swift packages that you need to access often? Check out my XcLauncher Mac menu bar app. It's a super fast way to open your favourite projects.
By design (and sandbox restrictions š), it only shows the projects you configure as bookmarks. Unlike Xcode's Recent Files menu, this means the order remains fixed, you can create folders and it isn't polluted with experiments or sample projects.
@brandonbutler I donāt use those IDEs (and had never even heard of Rider!) XcLauncher is pretty much designed to only work with Xcode.
In theory I could make a variant or extend it to support more file extensions (.vscode etc) but that would be a lot of work for very little reward. Iāve been delighted to see the favourites and boosts of my posts and hope I will get a few downloads as a result. The app usually doesnāt get more than 2 or 3 a month, so itās hard to justify adding more features.
@geoffhackworth I thought so, but I figured Iād ask. Never managed to get the Finder to open it on the current desktop either.
But having bookmarks in the menu menubar beats looking through the recents regardless :)
@geoffhackworth Thanks for a useful app! After a few hours of usage, I can already feel the difference in the amount of time saved.
Unfortunately, customizing the project icons turned out to be less practical than I hoped. Setting a custom icon for an xcodeproj file tracks as a git change, which I would prefer to avoid for large collaborative work projects.
@shantara I noticed that too, but if I remember correctly, I updated my .gitignore file and the new version had an entry that caused the icon to be ignored. Hereās the file I use in my own apps: https://gist.github.com/hacknicity/1c93776819f936ee912f2cc43c2b4dc5
I put this file in each of my repositories, I donāt use a global .gitignore. Be sure to check the āIconā row (or maybe just add that to your own .gitignore file). I think the two \r characters that are required after the name might have been lost when i copied and pasted the gist
@shantara Great. I guess the file name actually has the carriage return at the end for some reason. Maybe to ensure it would never clash with a ānormalā file or make them harder to accidentally delete?
Glad you have got it working. It really isnāt a great experience but thereās nothing I can do about it in my app. I only have read access to the .xcodeproj file (and I donāt even read it - I ask NSWorkspace to open it for me). I canāt see other files to find an icon myself or even set an icon.
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