Xcode 6 - Syntax highlight / completion not working

Question

After one day my code loses its highlight / completion again in xCode 6.

As always, I tried to Organizer > Projects > and Delete Derived Data. Which did not work in Xcode 6, even after it finish to index everything.

I tried to uninstall and install 3 times - and its still coming back after some time.

I really can't find why Xcode loses it.

Any help will be appreciated.

Did you try to compile? This may happen when there is an error in the code. — frankish, Sep 29 '14 at 13:20
If you have a developer account you could try the latest beta, I was having the same problem (No errors or warnings on compilation), and don't with the latest beta. — James Snook, Sep 29 '14 at 13:21
Yes, I tried to compile again and again but its still not working for some unknown reason. — PizzaByte, Sep 29 '14 at 13:21
Well that's worked! Xcode 6.1 beta doing it well :) Thank you very much. — PizzaByte, Sep 29 '14 at 14:14
This issue still persists in Xcode 6.1.1 (no beta). Syntax highlighting sometimes works partially, only. — Alex, Mar 04 '15 at 10:09

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 18 '14 at 13:37

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Syntax highlighting and code completion can sometimes only work on part of the file too, and it happens during the editing or on a random basis.

I fix this by cleaning the project... not a sexy solution, but it works.

answered Nov 18 '14 at 13:37

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 20 '15 at 11:49

I think it's a bug in some Xcode versions, I have it on Xcode 6.4 and the only solution I found is to open Editor menu -> Syntax coloring -> Choose None then Editor menu -> Syntax coloring -> Default for filetype.

PS: cleaning the project didn't solve the problem for me.

Xcode 6 - Syntax highlight / completion not working

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