How to print something to the console in Xcode?

Solution 1:

How to print:

NSLog(@"Something To Print");

NSString * someString = @"Something To Print";
NSLog(@"%@", someString);

For other types of variables, use:

NSLog(@"%@", someObject);
NSLog(@"%i", someInt);
NSLog(@"%f", someFloat);
/// etc...

Can you show it in phone?

Not by default, but you could set up a display to show you.

Update for Swift

print("Print this string")
print("Print this \(variable)")
print("Print this ", variable)
print(variable)

Solution 2:

@Logan has put this perfectly. Potentially something worth pointing out also is that you can use

printf(whatever you want to print);

For example if you were printing a string:

printf("hello");

Solution 3:

3 ways to do this:

In C Language (Command Line Tool) Works with Objective C, too:

printf("Hello World");

In Objective C:

NSLog(@"Hello, World!");

In Objective C with variables:

NSString * myString = @"Hello World";
NSLog(@"%@", myString);

In the code with variables, the variable created with class, NSString was outputted be NSLog. The %@ represents text as a variable.

Solution 4:

@Logan said it perfectly. but i would like to add an alternative here,

if you want to view logs from just your application then you can make a custom method that keeps saving the log to a file in documents directory & then you can view that log file from your application.

There is one good advantage for developers of the app after the app has been released & users are downloading it. Because your app will be able to send logs & crash reports to the developers (of course with the permissions of the device user !!!) & it'll be the way to improve your application.

Let me know (To other SO users), if there is another way of doing the same thing. (Like default Apple feature or something)

Let me know if it helps or you want some more idea.