Compiling Swift 2 code

Question

I have an app which is written in Swift 2.1. Is it possible to build it in Xcode 9?

If not, how do I build it?

Nimesh Neema · Answer 1 · 2018-08-10 10:08:48Z

It will not be possible to build Swift 2 code in Xcode 9. You have two options:

Use the compatible version of Xcode (Xcode 7.x.x) and macOS (OS X El Capitan 10.11, or macOS Sierra 10.12) to build the app.
Migrate the codebase to a more recent version of Swift (3.x or 4.x) using the migration assistant built into a recent version of Xcode. Xcode 8 can migrate your code from Swift 2 to Swift 3.

It will not be possible to build Swift 2 code with Xcode 4 as it does not support Swift 2 (doesn't have the compiler).

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