Code completion in GitHub Copilot for Xcode is now generally available

Code completion in GitHub Copilot for Xcode is now generally available

GitHub Copilot for Xcode code completion [GA]

Code completion in GitHub Copilot for Xcode is now generally available. Developers using Xcode can now experience AI-powered, real-time code suggestions that enhance productivity and streamline the development process.

AI-Powered code suggestions for faster development

GitHub Copilot code completion integrates seamlessly into Xcode, offering context-aware suggestions as you type. Whether you’re writing function implementations, refactoring code, or handling repetitive tasks, Copilot intelligently predicts and completes your code, allowing you to focus on higher-level development.

Code Completion of GitHub Copilot for Xcode

Key benefits of GitHub Copilot in Xcode code completion

  • Real-time, context-aware code completion: Copilot provides intelligent, in-line code suggestions as you type, helping you write high-quality code faster. By understanding the context of your project, it predicts and generates relevant code snippets to accelerate your workflow.
  • Seamless integration with Xcode: Designed to work naturally within Xcode, Copilot enhances the existing coding experience without disrupting your development environment. There’s no need for additional setup—simply enable Copilot and start coding smarter.
  • Reduce repetitive coding tasks: Instead of manually writing boilerplate code, let Copilot generate common patterns, function definitions, and repetitive logic. This allows you to focus more on complex problem-solving and building innovative features.
  • Intelligent auto-completion for improved accuracy: Copilot not only speeds up coding. It also improves accuracy by reducing syntax errors and helping ensure best practices. The AI-powered suggestions help maintain clean and efficient code, minimizing debugging time.

Get started with GitHub Copilot in Xcode

To get started with GitHub Copilot in Xcode:

  1. Ensure you have a GitHub Copilot license.

  2. Enable Copilot in Xcode via your GitHub account.

  3. Start coding with AI-powered assistance today!

Experience the future of AI-assisted development

With GitHub Copilot, you can write code more efficiently, reduce errors, and enhance your overall development workflow. Try it out today and take your Xcode development to the next level!

For more details, visit our GitHub Copilot documentation and start leveraging AI-driven coding assistance in Xcode.

Feedback

To provide feedback or report issues, please open an issue on GitHub at https://github.com/github/CopilotForXcode/issues. Check existing issues and add a comment or ask questions if you find an issue similar to what you’re experiencing.

Join the community

Connect with other developers, share tips, and discuss other updates to Copilot in our dedicated Copilot community discussions.

Personal custom instructions, Bing web search, and more in Copilot on github.com

Personal custom instructions are now available in public preview for Copilot on github.com 🎉

Copilot Chat on github.com now supports personal instructions! This means you can provide Copilot with important details about your preferences, such as your preferred language, response style, or even code standards.

To get started, open up Copilot Chat, click ..., and select Personal instructions. That’s it! Copilot will now incorporate your preferences for all chats in github.com.

💡 Looking for ideas? Here are some examples to kick things off:

  • Language preferences: “Always respond in Portuguese.”
  • Response preferences: “Be concise and to-the-point. Always cite your sources.”
  • Personal preferences: “You are a seasoned React developer with ten years of experience.”
  • Code preferences: “Always provide examples in TypeScript.”

Looking for more? Visit prompts.chat for more inspiration.

Search the web 🔍 in Copilot chat using Bing

Copilot Chat can now search Bing to answer questions and find information beyond its general knowledge or your codebase. This feature makes it easy to chat about recent events, trends, and new developments. It’s now generally available in VS Code, Visual Studio, and github.com.

Since our public preview, we’ve enhanced our web search capabilities to deliver more relevant and accurate responses to your questions.

Give it a try today:

  • “What’s the latest version of React?”
  • “What are the most recent updates in Python’s machine learning libraries?”

Quality improvements to Copilot Chat

In the last month, we have delivered a collection of quick wins and subtle enhancements ✨, making the product smoother and more delightful for everyone.

What’s new:

  • Better search in Copilot Chat for more relevant and complete answers, including expanded lexical search results and larger semantic search responses for better context
  • Improved memory in Copilot, now keeping more of your chat history for better context and flow
  • Improved Copilot Chat’s awareness of the README.md when asking about a repository
  • Enhanced Copilot’s awareness of time, showing times relative to you instead of UTC

We also recently added the ability to view and generate new code files to Copilot chat at github.com/copilot – check it out!

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Copilot Workspace: Follow ups and file search improvements

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This week’s Copilot Workspace updates center around improving multi-file code generation and search capabilities. Alongside continued improvements to performance and reliability, we are releasing two features: follow ups and a simplified file search experience.

Let’s dive in!

Follow ups

When you’re working within a large repository that has complex file dependencies, even simple changes can have significant impacts across the codebase. Invoking Copilot Workspace’s new follow up capability triggers a thorough check across the codebase, automatically editing the necessary files if any follow ups are detected.

Whether you have changed a function name, modified function parameters, or modified a shared class definition, Copilot’s follow ups can swiftly handle dependent fixes across your repository, saving you time and increasing confidence in your changes before you raise a PR!

File search experience improvements

We’ve updated the file search experience to help you maintain context in your file tree while searching for other files to open. Rather than filtering the file tree on search, we now return results in a separate menu that searches the entire repository rather than what is currently visible in the tree. You can open files in new tabs directly from this search.

Providing feedback

Please give your feedback in our GitHub Discussion. We’d love to hear your thoughts!

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