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Is Xcode previews a developer app? If so, how do I find out the details of this app? It appeared one day on my phone and I cannot delete it or find out how it got on my iPhone. I’m concerned about this app because a person I know who is extremely tech savvy has hacked into my phone and also our router
Xcode Previews is part of iOS, though not normally shown. Whether its appearance here is due to an iOS bug, due to some other innocuous activity, or due to unauthorized activity, is unclear.
However… If your iPhone has been accessed without authorization, and if your Wi-Fi router has been accessed without authorization, and/or if your Apple ID password is possibly become known to others, your security will be best served by addressing those (far larger) issues first.
Reset and reload the iPhone, and reset the router (first), and check for and update the firmware for, and then reconfigure the Wi-Fi router, as a starting point.
Use new and unique and robust passwords. Particularly for your Apple ID, for your cellular provider account PIN, and the passwords for any password-reset paths such as (usually) your main mail email accounts.
Enable two-factor authentication on your Apple ID too, if that is not already enabled.
Here is some additional reading: https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1976/en_US/device-and-data-access-when-personal-safety-is-at-risk.pdf
Xcode Previews is part of iOS, though not normally shown. Whether its appearance here is due to an iOS bug, due to some other innocuous activity, or due to unauthorized activity, is unclear.
However… If your iPhone has been accessed without authorization, and if your Wi-Fi router has been accessed without authorization, and/or if your Apple ID password is possibly become known to others, your security will be best served by addressing those (far larger) issues first.
Reset and reload the iPhone, and reset the router (first), and check for and update the firmware for, and then reconfigure the Wi-Fi router, as a starting point.
Use new and unique and robust passwords. Particularly for your Apple ID, for your cellular provider account PIN, and the passwords for any password-reset paths such as (usually) your main mail email accounts.
Enable two-factor authentication on your Apple ID too, if that is not already enabled.
Here is some additional reading: https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1976/en_US/device-and-data-access-when-personal-safety-is-at-risk.pdf
Here is how to: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support
How to reset the Wi-Fi router and check for and upgrade its internal firmware varies by vendor, model, and revision.
New and robust and unique passwords and two-factor are central to cleaning up from security breaches—and beyond that, Apple also provides tailored security recommendations in Settings > Passwords > Security Recommendations.
I have already done everything you have mentioned to include getting a new router. Thank you so much for the attachment. It will help me understand more.
Interesting. If you have already done everything including resetting the iPhone to factory, you should not be seeing Xcode Previews.
Sorry, the only thing I did not do is set my phone back to original settings.
Xcode Previews
