How Can I Make Swift Playgrounds Be Borderless on my iPad?

Question

In Swift playgrounds, I started with an empty playground template (I'm new to playgrounds) and wanted to have the Live View take up the whole screen. I saw this:

Fullscreen for Swift Playgrounds on iPad

Which said to modify a Manifest.plist file but there is no Manifest.plist file in the playground. I also don't see any .playgroundpage file which other people have referenced in other questions for the actual location of the Manifest.plist file.

Where should I put this file? I want it to look like a fullscreen app for context (if the code editor is hidden) and I have a MacBook and iPad which both edit the same file.

I'm using the most up to date version of XCode.

Can you see the Playgrounds folder in your iCloud Drive on the MacBook? — byaruhaf, Feb 06 '20 at 06:15
@byaruhaf i csan see it on both my iPad and Macbook it is saved in the iCloud drive. — Brad Kyle, Feb 06 '20 at 22:10

byaruhaf · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-08T20:18:29.267

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To locate the Manifest.plist

Step 1: Navigate to your playgroundbook from your MacBooks iCloud drive

Step 2: Rightclick and click show package contents

Step 3: Navigate to the playgroundpage folder to find the Manifest.plist you need to change.

Step 4: Edit Manifest.plist change LiveViewEdgeToEdge from NO to YES this will removes the border.

Step 5: To have the Live View take up the whole screen, on the Ipad select the tab between the editor and the live view and drag it, to expand the live view.

After Dragging

edited Feb 08 '20 at 20:18

answered Feb 08 '20 at 19:36

byaruhaf

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BTW: Nice (and informative) graphics! A picture paints a thousand words. :) – Andrew Thompson Mar 23 '20 at 04:38

How Can I Make Swift Playgrounds Be Borderless on my iPad?

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