how to open folders in xcode?
I would like to open folders and view files in them and maybe modify them. Right now I can only open files (I can open more than 1 but still cannot open folders).
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.4
Xcode is many things, but it is not a file- or directory-exploration tool. It’s closer to an anvil, for that particular task.
An anvil? Yes, big, heavy, and somewhat awkward to wield. Among its many other features, Xcode live-compiles files being edited. And it’ll then detect missing symbols and includes, latent syntax errors, etc. Which is really handy for development, and not so handy for quick-viewing random files. Being big snd heavy, it’s also slower to open random files. (Yeah, a fast Mac can hide that.)
If you want to rummage random directories and view the various files and source code files that might be found there, use Finder and Quick View, or Finder and opening with BBEdit, TextEdit, or some other tool.
If you want to open a file and work on its source code such as for developing an app, yes, Xcode can definitely do that.
It’s also entirely possible to use BBEdit, vim, emacs, pico, or some other text editor, and command-line compilation to develop apps, but that’s an older style of development.