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Xcode logging: “Metal API Validation Enabled”

August 22, 2023 by Tarik

Toggle Metal API Validation via your Xcode Scheme: Scheme > Edit Scheme… > Run > Diagnostics > Metal API Validation. It’s a checkbox, so the possible options are Enabled or Disabled. Disabling sets the key enableGPUValidationMode = 1 in your .xcscheme file. After disabling, Xcode no longer logs the “Metal API Validation Enabled” log message. … Read more

Swift: print() vs println() vs NSLog()

September 13, 2022 by Tarik

A few differences: print vs println: The print function prints messages in the Xcode console when debugging apps. The println is a variation of this that was removed in Swift 2 and is not used any more. If you see old code that is using println, you can now safely replace it with print. Back … Read more