How do I add auto-complete comment in Xcode (Swift)?

Question

How can I add text to autocomplete like below, the \"Tells the element to activate itself...\" part,

This is what I have,

But the \"This is a t

Answer 1

I have searched a lot and it seems that this feature does not support for self-created functions. all you have is just the popup info window for your functions :(

Answer 2

    /**
     Put comments just above the funcion using the Markdown format like this
    */
    func exampleFunction() {
        print("The comments above will show up in the auto complete popover.")
    }

Popover Example

Full explanation @ Hacking With Swift

Answer 3

What you are trying to accomplish is unfortunately not possible anymore.

The reason is that the autocomplete popover does not show comments from class files but instead searches in a separate doc-set generated by Apple.

I added a more complete description here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/43982094/1415898

Answer 4

try this, tested on Xcode 9.3 - 9.4 beta and swift 4.1

/// this is printName func and will print your name
func printName(name: String){
   print("my name is \(name)")
}

and result :