dsabanin/enable-xcode-debug-menu.sh

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Enable internal Xcode debug menu in Xcode 11

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enable-xcode-debug-menu.sh

	defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode ShowDVTDebugMenu -bool YES
	sudo mkdir -p /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/AppleInternal/Library/Xcode
	sudo touch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/AppleInternal/Library/Xcode/AppleInternal.plist

	# Don't forget to restart Xcode

KatkayApps commented Feb 22, 2020 •

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working now. THANKS!
Just out of curiosity how did you discover this? 😃

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dsabanin commented Feb 22, 2020

Well, I learned about ShowDVTDebugMenu flag from some old blog posts, but it wasn't working anymore. I couldn't resist digging a bit through the Xcode frameworks with Hopper Disassembler.

I found the isAppleInternal flag that Xcode is using to determine whether to show this menu and some other things, and the flag is set to true if the Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/AppleInternal/Library/Xcode/AppleInternal.plist path is present.

🤷‍♂️

Styrmist commented Feb 23, 2020

Do you have any info about enabling internal menu on simulator? Old method with folder didn't work.

kinwahlai commented Jul 20, 2020

Thanks for sharing this. I just saw a video Paul Hudson yesterday about this AppleInternal.

by the way, the script doesn't work immediately because I have 2 different Xcode suffix with version number
This is what I changed to make it work.

XCODE=`xcode-select -p`
sudo mkdir -p $XCODE/AppleInternal/Library/Xcode
sudo touch $XCODE/AppleInternal/Library/Xcode/AppleInternal.plist

flarn2006 commented Jul 17, 2022

Not working in Xcode 13 (13F100), though "13F100" appears in the Dock icon when I run it.

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