How do you prevent Xcode 7 Playgrounds from automatically running?

In the lower-left part of the Playground there’s a right-facing blue arrow, looking like a “play” button. Do a long click on this button and you will get two options: “Automatically Run” and “Manually Run”. Choose the latter to put the Playground is manual mode and start/stop its execution yourself by clicking on this button. … Read more

Declarations in extensions cannot override yet error in Swift 4

It will work if you make the base implementation @objc. See Hamish’s answer for a detailed explanation about the internals. Overriding methods declared in extensions is a bit tricky to do correctly. Objective-C supports it, but it’s not absolutely safe. Swift aims to do it better. The proposal is not completed yet. Current version of … Read more

How do I “open this chapter as a playground in Xcode”?

Launch Xcode 6 Documentation and API Reference Window (command-shift-0) Search for “The Swift Programming Language” Click first suggestion You will see a series of collapsable menus on the left side of the screen detailing different sections, such as “A Swift Tour”, and “Language Guide”. You can click through these to get different bits of information … Read more