Chapter 1
Understanding the visionOS Toolkit
With great power comes a bunch of complicated tools. The Apple Vision Pro and visionOS use the same development environment as Apple’s other platforms. This is great news if you’re already developing for another Apple device. However, if you’re not, it can feel overwhelming.
At the core of Apple’s development suite is Xcode—software for writing, testing, and distributing applications on the App Store. Bundled with Xcode is Simulator—a powerful utility that can run your code on an emulated Apple device of your choice. This guide delves into many more tools, but starting with Xcode and Simulator provides a solid jumping off point.
Development tools are fine and dandy, but they can’t do anything without ...
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