I am having an issue where XD is not detecting my iPhone that is connected to my Mac via USB. The phone is charging and iTunes is picking it up as connected. When I click on the "Device Preview" it just gives me the prompt:

"Connect iOS or Android devices to XD via USV to preview your designs and prototypes in real-time".

Yes, I have XD running on my phone. When I tap the "Live Preview" button, it doesn't read as being connected to XD, giving me the prompt:

"Open an XD document on your desktop. Using a USB cable, connect to your iOS device."

I am running XD version 22.7.12.3 with the current version of the app on my iPhone 8 Plus. My iPhone is running iOS 13.1.2 and my Macbook Air (Mid 2012) is running High Sierra 10.13.6.

So, no live preview. Both devices are picking up one another over USB verified through iTunes however, both the XD mobile app and the XD Desktop app are not picking each other up.

Any suggestions?

Currently, the only way to get a prototype on a device is to have the file located in a creative cloud folder... which total bonk.

I dont WANT to use that service, I have 2 other cloud storage services already, and i hate both of them. I want to be able to store files locally on the device and be able to delete them. I also want to be able to sync (upload/refresh) a file from anywhere on my machine, which means I need to map to it from the app.

Rather than change or duplicate my current workflow to accomodate getting a prototype on device forced through CCF...

While some of these needs have been posted individually, I am posting a summary of needed functions. These missing functions get in the way every few moments...

• Keyboard shortcut for eyedropper

• Ability to create a symbol, where text can be changed

• Ability to create a symbol that carries multiple states
To explain, a navigation item that may have 3 states. You drag the symbol to the canvas, then select the state.

• Ability to LINK symbols. So every time the canvas shows a navigation item, you do not have to always relink it. Every new screen requires relinking the home icon when the home icon ALWAYS goes to home. Lot of needless repetitive work here.

• Ability to create a symbol, where different elements IN the symbol can carry links to different spots. So let us create a navigation bar. The bar consists of 4 icons. Each icon goes to their own respective location. Each icon has an active and inactive state.

• Let us use LAYERS...let us call a layer such as an off-canvas menu. One symbol, which calls a transparent layer into view. You can use that symbol anywhere, and the layer call is consistent.

I've been using XD for a while now and have been very satisfied with the beta version, although there are 3 top features that would substantially improve the application:

1. Add the ability to pin certain objects to keep them from scrolling with the entire screen. For example, a navigation bar (header) or tab bar (footer) becomes static and does not scroll with the rest of the elements on the screen.




2. Add a few application preferences, i.e.: default font (would be a huge time saver to not have to change to the desired font every time new text elements are added).




3. The ability to drop default elements that would normally be available in Xcode. For example, nav bars, tab bars, buttons, segmented control, text field, slider, switches, scrolling text views, picker views, search bar, keyboard toggles, scroll view, etc.

Although there are other features like padding, default iOS elements, and constraints that would be helpful, these are the 3 features that would make the most impact on improving XD for me personally.