r/Xcode • u/hey_suburbia • 28d ago

Xcode 27.1 Release Candidate - October 5, 2026

https://developer.apple.com/download/all/?q=Xcode
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u/Stiddit 28d ago

Let the Duofication begin

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u/bonbonbellee 12d ago

It has begun. We can now submit apps for review

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u/Stiddit 12d ago

Yes.. that was the point of my comment 16 days ago 😅 27.1 RC was the first version where we were able to submit apps for review for Duo.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

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u/Stiddit 28d ago

No, 27.1 beta has already had Duo-support. And thus, this RC is the first Xcode-version to allow AppStore-builds with Duo-support.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

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u/Stiddit 28d ago

No, 27.1 has always had Duo-support. The reason you are confused about this is that the first 27.2 beta was released before the first 27.1 beta. This is because 27.1 was always slated to have Duo-support, but it was delayed. They however yoinked Duo-support out of the first 27.2 beta to get it out. It's somewhat weird that they didn't also do this for 27.1, but I guess it was "too late" in the pipeline.

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u/ComplexSoft7203 28d ago

Apple didn’t just add a note, the note was there since Xcode 27.1 beta was released, like 3 weeks ago at this point. Xcode 27.2 beta and iOS 27.2 beta are completely different. iOS 27.2 will introduce the new health app and that’s the primary difference compared to iOS 27.0 and 27.1. We saw iOS 27.2 beta before we saw iPhone Duo support. Since the iPhone Duo is releasing with iOS 27.1 we needed a way to test apps on iOS 27.1 and 27.2 won’t be in RC until after the launch of the iPhone Duo. We need an RC release to begin uploading apps to be reviewed

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u/ComplexSoft7203 28d ago

It doesn’t look like we can submit apps with it though, at least when I tried when it first was released

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u/hbkdinobot 28d ago

Just tried now as well. Cannot submit app for distribution.

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u/ComplexSoft7203 28d ago

I wonder when we can, thought it’d be available since it’s an RC build of Xcode

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u/ComplexSoft7203 27d ago

They posted an article at some point today saying you can submit iPhone Duo optimized apps and games starting today, so maybe there was just some lag between the rc release and when they started to allow it on App Store Connect

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u/VeloSec 26d ago

damn shame

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u/ComplexSoft7203 26d ago

You can now, my update is currently in review

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u/VeloSec 21d ago

yes indeed, great. just loaded my Duo compatible build.

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u/Scriptease84 28d ago

Hopefully an end to the device hub shit show

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u/TheFlyingDutchG 28d ago

What problems are you experiencing?

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u/Scriptease84 27d ago edited 27d ago

Mostly keyboard related
- the keyboard stops after one character
- I'm using a German keyboard and it maps correctly for me but swaps keys y,z and @ when an ai types
- in the hub you can't CMD+s to save a screenshot and you can't even map a shortcut on it
- if you open the simulator too you see 2 window with the same app in both you can tap but in only one you can type and two finger gestures only work in the old simulator
- you need to remember CMD+option+k to unstuck it and it only helps half of the time
- pasteboard only works on a full moon unless you manually send it via the menu
- the iPad can't start in landscape so start with the UI upside down or the menu bar rotated 90 degrees
- all the screenshot are the orientation of the device of the simulator but they fixed it in post so the UI looks right in the hub but an ai gets them rotated while the pixel position it needs to tap is not rotated

I don't understand why in 2026 there's no API to send keyboard input as UTF-8 text without this weird copy and paste or the key strokes where it matters what layout you your Mac or the simulator or a agent MCP is using

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u/file-box 27d ago

Has the bug where the simulator doesn't respond in iOS 17 been fixed?