Where are Xcode 8 templates stored?

Question

I've browsed sources that say Xcode looks for templates at:

~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Templates

but I see no such directory. Is there a new location? I want to make a custom template.

Answer 1

There are multiple Library folders that Xcode.app searches.

Apple stores the default Templates that come with the app here:

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Xcode/Templates

You can add your own custom Templates to one of the standard Library folders, most likely you want "per user", which is here:

~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Templates

But you could also choose "/Library" instead of "~/Library" if you want your templates to be accessible between multiple user accounts.