In spite of the agony that comes every time Apple changes where XCode and its friends live, I like the direction they're going. Now everything's bundled neatly inside the XCode app itself... almost.
Today I wanted to use the handy OpenGL Shader Builder app that I remembered from a long time ago, but to my dismay I realized it wasn't installed. As of this writing, XCode had cleverly bundled its extra apps inside the XCode app as well - you can access them by going to XCode -> Open Developer Tool. As the Shader Builder wasn't there, the "More Developer Tools..." option took me to the somewhat sluggish developer download site, where I was able to log in and download the tools I wanted.
Now the tricky part, and where my OCD kicks in. I like the direction Apple took in bundling these inside XCode, so I'd like these new ones in the same place. After a wee bit of hacking, I figured out how to do this and add them to XCode's menu. As no one after a quick google search seems to document this, I thought I should:
- Quit XCode
- In the Finder, navigate to the XCode app and "Show Package Contents"
- Copy aliases of the new apps into Contents/Applications/ (you'll be prompted for your password)
- Add lines to Contents/Resources/IDEHelperApps.plist for each new app you add
- This can be a little tricky with permissions - an easy way to do it is copy the file to the desktop, and copy back, overwriting the original
- Open XCode again, and presto! Your new apps are in the menu:
