Can I run an iPhone app from Xcode without debugging it?
If you want to launch an app from Xcode without launching the debugger, I would uncheck the “Debug executable” option in the Xcode scheme:
If you want to launch an app manually, you can:
- Select your device in the "scheme" dropdown;
- Build the app (don't run);
- Open the organizer and go to the "devices" tab;
- Drag your app from the "Products" folder in the main Xcode project navigator to the device in the organizer window and it will be installed; and
- You can then run the app manually from the device at that point.
This process can be useful when diagnosing startup performance and you want to run the app on the device completely separate from Xcode (and the debugger, if you have a debug build).
xcode 6.3.1
unselect the debug execute, then you could run without debugging.