Is there any documentation for building Xcode 4 plugins?

Question

Recently I\'ve noticed a couple of projects on github that extend the functionality of Xcode 4 via plugins.

Two projects as examples by @olemoritz:

• MiniXc

Answer 1

There is no formal API or documentation.

Having said that nearly all community plugins are open sourced, use http://alcatraz.io to discover new plugins, then follow their github source code to learn how people are implementing them.

Here are some useful resources:

• Use https://github.com/edwardaux/XcodeExplorer to discover the API hook point you need to be poking around.
• Look at http://www.blackdogfoundry.com/blog/creating-an-xcode4-plugin/ for a series of posts about building Xcode plugins.
• Check https://github.com/kattrali/Xcode-Plugin-Template for a Xcode 6+ template for creating new plugins.
• Look at https://github.com/zats/AdjustFontSize-Xcode-Plugin as a good Xcode 7.1+ starting point
• See http://www.blackdogfoundry.com/blog/debugging-your-xcode-plugin/ for debugging aid