Xcode – Which Versions of Xcode Are Not Updated for HiDPI/Retina Displays?

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I've been looking over the release notes for Xcode and can't find one that says it's been enabled for HiDPI mode and the retina display MacBook Pro. By enabled, I mean that Xcode will run on the new retina hardware – not that you could make an app that will then work on Retina.

Either:

  • I missed it in reading the notes
  • All versions of Xcode on Lion already have this so it's not called out as new.
  • No versions (publicly available – not prerelease or NDA) yet support retina displays

Has anyone figured out which versions of Xcode do not support retina?

Best Answer

The current non-beta version of Xcode, 4.3.3 for Lion, works fine on a retina device but certain UI elements are not retina-enabled. Most notably the little "LCD" screen that sits in the top middle of the toolbar, it looks quite blurry on a retina MBP. Also the Play/Stop buttons, and many other UI elements.

However the text used to render your code is crisp.