Easy way to view variable values?

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Created Jul ’17

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It's been a couple of years since I was using XCode daily, and I am disappointed to see that they still have not fixed the ability to show a variable's value just by hovering the cursor over it. In many respects XCode is very advanced, but they sure make it hard to do one of the most necessary and simple things you need when debugging.

I'm going crazy just trying to routinely see the value of Objective-C class member variables. All it will show me is the class itself, which if I carefully move my mouse down and open a dropdown menu I can then scroll through the various sub-objects to find what ever variable I SHOULD be able to see just by hovering. Is there any way to fix this? It makes working with XCode so unpleasant.

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Bob

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Answer 1

PBK OP

Jul ’17

When a debug session has crashed you can see the values of some objects (I'm not certain which objects) by placing the cursor over the object and using a drop down menu. You also can liberally use NSLog(@"the value is - %@ and %i",myObject,myInteger); and see the value during run time.

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bsabiston OP

Jul ’17

In 2017 that's not good enough. Xcode used to do this, and every other debugger I've ever used (except for GameMaker's lame excuse) at least puts the variables in a pane when you stop at a breakpoint. I mean, come on. I shouldn't have to use NSLog to find the value of a variable!

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deadworlds OP

Jul ’17

As much as I dislike Microsoft visual studio this is the one thing that I actually liked about it. It lets you set break points and easily see values for variables. Even navigating through the variables in the inspector area is easy. I wish Xcode would adopt such a feature.

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