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What's the difference between xcode and xcode workspace?


Asked by Everlee Waters on Dec 15, 2021 FAQ



Xcode workspaces are directories with the .xcworkspace extension that the Mac OS X desktop presents as packages . In the package directory, the important file is contents.xcworkspacedata. A workspace is just a list of contained projects; there is no other metadata.
In addition,
Your questions in a nutshell: 1) Projects contain files (code/resouces), settings, and targets that build products from those files and settings. Workspaces contain projects which can reference each other. 2) Both are responsible for structuring your overall project, but on different levels.
Thereof, In this case, there is a main project file (cppget.xcodeproj) that builds an executable, and then 6 additional projects that build libraries (each in the form of a C/C++ package). When you open this workspace in Xcode, it in turn reads information from each project referenced in the workspace file.
Furthermore,
Xcode and Swift are two terms which are commonly associated with IOS and Mac software development. This article discusses the difference between these two terms. Xcode is a powerful development environment, and Swift is a programming language.
Consequently,
The most important key is rootObject, which tells us which object represents the project. The entire project file is a tree, with rootObjectat the top. The value of rootObject is an Xcode object identifier that is an index into the objectsdictionary, which is a PBXProject object.