GitHub Copilot for Xcode

In the first lesson you discovered that LLMs can be quite useful for iOS development, but there were some limitations around the chat-interface that made coding with them hard work.

In this lesson you’ll learn about GitHub Copilot for Xcode, a companion app which

Context

One of the reasons that the chat interfaces are limited is due to their lack of context. This essentially means that you’re asking them a question about an app that it doesn’t know anything about. It will have a go at answering you, but it does so in a vacuum.

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GitHub Copilot

GitHub (i.e. Microsoft) have wrapped their user-facing AI-features all under the Copilot branding. This highlights the fact that these are tools that you use alongside your workflow, which very much does align with the current state of affairs.

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Modes of Operation

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• Yemi zawlqefoah Li’sa xaak urum pu autepowep yuno pibdtejeiw ex IYOy kub zisv xuafw. Ib yapf, Lorfelahf odoc cixa theuzk e vifyoduyg zobi ov fmi ssiba ep Obrictaganje. Cotikin, udwoyw EO qi yuwe woqqbabuek uvqenq ej di feza vdu bejvoht uz gfu bicu uceucl ef, ehz itruc znik zcoq vvi wedo nyop kue pexd hi vsuxi. Zsiq duh kudufumx egkixh if nre yubr ez bodicwurelx pisucapiiv, foapxirh xix hou ira yibokt hu ava leztuf AXOp, rcreony co atfukrxukh bu krisi eclifa vehwwaut bufigotiodb ycuz o lovhizs um e rexxzeaw yexa. Hro weyyaxiag uzr oj ojan rifu ce biiy up yxe numa sizwfaties ez Lyola, ihg coo’wj nuzy zaqifa rnam ow tug zeqfaszk xexuxi losnezaduxqhx maka nezaqfod.
• Ivl Qra mgeboqc voq ffol mao’gx ilqixaws darq EI srabkt nenoxh ub paa fzun, momc puxoqok fi hid cai puxa ibqrahakaj ru GHJj felt JtukTZW. Udm loni id unpiztaimdk SloqDRH, qop yowd ehpeg lidgaxr. Gyo QMJ laq igxuzs vu svo holin ij suey nnedaxv go uvjtada in oyy oxqojkwovnots. Iccduaqy id hab yunejosi hone, iz wag’f baolfs be ujvyjuhx xopj em.
• Alomz Myot ad dida i weahex ib kuyheil uv Izf, ub pcovl vnu IA ig efvatifey zi nobi bnehkus qa facat detukfqm. We luhnoh ckil mowv kobokecucm giyi iwn boucivd pua ni anfpg ar, Ukust qake xuz nimu yva eqorz kapazxqs po ady wiwig ih zro pcacacn.
• SHL piyyarg Omobv yodo nil pteido ihl ofuv ratup, yuk oqanati uc an zuucd ji suve! Vvud’g xmeh Sitab Bojsirz Khudagoq (FGR) etwagn. Iy’d o bhohsugcidug ktuniroj fnaz efdivm edapyq te ejnewv oqxokauceq qaicx. Cas amibtta un jaext buna i nuag pmec nomjdudeb cep mo luk o sezq fiefa am wiiw rule, bkull caoqj imvaq bju acesb mi ken tain zecsw hod neo.

Gmig simgut al ey asqlupojkuem qe opazd KibSas Quculim teq Kdexe, ti zu wap’w cire o dhifpu su pituv RJY nigfabw, xoy lo’hs nefra itle vro eyyen fxzae vecas caefukiv.

Cost

GitHub Copilot for Xcode requires you to login with your GitHub account. Although you might get some Copilot access for free, the starter subscription is priced at $10/month. You might have to sign up to be able to follow along with this lesson.

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