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# Xcode Project Setup
Fall 2023 | Vin Bui
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**Note that we will provide you with the setup in the assignments. However, this will be helpful for when you create a project on your own such as the Hack Challenge.**
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### Create a New Project
1. Go to **File > New > Project**
2. Select the **iOS** tab, choose **App** and click Next
3. You can leave everything alone except for the following:
1. Product Name: **Enter the name of the app**
2. Interface: **Storyboard** (yes, keep Storyboard even though we won’t be using it)
3. Language: **Swift**
4. **Uncheck** “Use Core Data”
5. **Uncheck** “Include Tests”
4. Choose a directory for your project and hit **Create**
### **Switch to Programmatic Layout**
1. To utilize programmatic Auto Layout, delete `Main.storyboard` from the Navigator in Xcode. **Right click > Delete > Move to Trash**
2. Press `CMD + SHIFT + F` or click on the 🔎 icon in the Navigator. Look up `storyboard` and you should see something like this:
3. Click on the red box above and look up `storyboard` in the filter search bar. Select `UIKit Main Storyboard File Base Name` and his **Backspace** on your keyboard to delete it.
4. Now select the blue box from step 2, or go to `Info.plist` and delete `Storyboard Name` by clicking on the minus (-) symbol.
### Setup `SceneDelegate.swift`
Add the following code to the function `scene` in `SceneDelegate.swift`
```swift
func scene(_ scene: UIScene, willConnectTo session: UISceneSession, options connectionOptions: UIScene.ConnectionOptions) {
// 1. Capture the scene
guard let windowScene = (scene as? UIWindowScene) else { return }
// 2. Create a new UIWindow and pass in a UIWindowScene
let window = UIWindow(windowScene: windowScene)
// 3. Create a view hierarchy programmatically
let rootVC = ViewController()
let navController = UINavigationController(rootViewController: rootVC)
// 4. Set the navigation controller as the window's root view controller
window.rootViewController = navController
// 5. Set the window and call makeKeyAndVisible()
self.window = window
window.makeKeyAndVisible()
}
```
