[xcode] Where is Xcode's build folder?

Before Xcode 4 the build used to be created in the root folder of my project. I can no longer find it.

Where can i find the build folder?

By default Build location is in Derived Data.

Please note: a path to a product can be changed if you delete DerivedData during development process and rebuild it again.

Xcode -> Preferences... -> Locations 

You can change the location of Build location. It will have an effect on the whole workspace

File -> Project/Workspace Settings... -> Advanced 

You can change the location of Target using:

Project editor -> select a target -> Build Settings -> Per-configuration Build Products Path

The default value is$(BUILD_DIR)/$(CONFIGURATION)$(EFFECTIVE_PLATFORM_NAME)

It makes sense if you want to create an autonomic Build location

Xcode 10.2.1

I wondered the same myself. I found that under File(menu) there is an item "Project Settings". It opens a dialog box with 3 choices: "Default Location", "Project-relative Location", and "Custom location" "Project-relative" puts the build products in the project folder, like before. This is not in the Preferences menu and must be set every time a project is created. Hope this helps.

Configure XCode project settings, it can solve your problem.

For me it was under:

/Users/{your username}/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData...

and NOT in /Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData...

In case of Debug Running

~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/{your app}/Build/Products/Debug/{Project Name}.app/Contents/MacOS

You can find standalone executable file(Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64)

You can configure the output directory using the CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR environment variable.

Source: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/DeveloperTools/Reference/XcodeBuildSettingRef/0-Introduction/introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40003931-CH1-SW1

With a project previously created in Xcode3, I see an intermediate directory under build/ called Foo.build where Foo is my project's name, and then in that are the directories you'd expect (Debug-iphonesimulator, Release-iphoneos, etc, assuming you've done a build of that type) containing the object files and products.

Now, I suspect that if you start a new project in Xcode4, the default location is under DerivedData, but if you open an Xcode3 project in Xcode4, then Xcode4 uses the build/ directory (as described above). So, there are several correct answers. :-) Under the File menu, Project Settings, you can see you can customize how XCode works in this regard as much or as little as you like.

It should by located in: ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData.

If you changed the defaults, you can see where the build directory is by going to File->Workspace Settings then look at Build Location