Let us have a look at the Xcode interface to familiarize ourselves with the same as it would help improve productivity when building your application.
The top section immediately following the traffic light (window chrome) displays a Play and Stop button. This allows the project to run and stop. The breadcrumb toolbar displays the project-specific settings with respect to the product and the target. With an iOS project, it could be a particular simulator for iPhone, iPad, and so on, or a physical device (number 5 in the following screenshot).
Just under this are vertical areas that are the main content area with all the files, editors, UI, and so on. These can be displayed or hidden as required and can be stacked vertically or horizontally.
The distinct areas in Xcode are as follows:
Project navigation (number 1)
Editor and assistant editor (number 2) and (number 3)
Utility/inspector (number 4)
The toolbar (number 5) and (number 6)
These sections can be switched on and off (shown...