gershnik / set-vscode-xcode

A script to enable VSCode native debugging on Mac with Xcode in a non-default location

set-vscode-xcode

A script to enable VSCode native debugging on Mac with Xcode in a non-default location.

More info about why this is needed and what it does can be found at this article

To use

• Download set-vscode-xcode script somewhere

• Make it executable

  chmod a+x set-vscode-xcode

• Run it:

  ./set-vscode-xcode

  This will configure VScode to use currently default Xcode for debugging. If you use CMake extension and its debugging support, you are all set.

• If you use launch.json configurations to debug you will need to set the following in each native configuration

  "MIMode": "lldb",
  "miDebuggerPath": "${env:HOME}/.vscode-lldb-mi/lldb-mi"

  This config is fixed and doesn't need to change.

Important Note #1: you will need to re-run the script:

1. After C++ extension is updated (usually every time VScode updates itself)
2. If you want to use a different Xcode

Important Note #2: the script assumes that VSCode is installed in default location. If it isn't, modify vsCodeLocation variable in the beginning.

You can control which Xcode is default by using xcode-select command line tool or by going to Xcode's Preferences -> Locations tab and selecting the instance you want in "Command Line Tools" field.

If you want to use non-default Xcode you can run set-vscode-xcode with DEVELOPER_DIR environment variable set to point to the one you want to use.

Something like

DEVELOPER_DIR=/Path/To/A\ Different/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer ./set-vscode-xcode