Extract text from Xcode interface files (STORYBOARD)
To convert STORYBOARD interface files to another format, you need Xcode or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "User Interface Layout" file type, you need software like Xcode or a similar tool.
The .storyboard file is an XML document used by Apple Xcode to visually design and map out user interfaces for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS applications. It defines screens, view controllers, and the navigation flow (segues) between them.
This format is highly restrictive and strictly tied to Apple's developer ecosystem. It is completely proprietary in its visual execution. To view the UI layout as intended, you need an Apple computer running a massive, multi-gigabyte installation of Xcode. The format is not supported by web browsers, standard design tools, or Windows operating systems. This creates major bottlenecks for cross-platform teams, translators handling localization strings, or designers trying to review application flows without a Mac.
Because of these limitations, users often attempt to convert .storyboard files to XML, TXT, or HTML to parse the raw data. Converting the file visually to JPG, PNG, or PDF is extremely difficult. Standard online converters fail because drawing the UI components requires Apple's proprietary UIKit or AppKit rendering engines, which are only legally available within the macOS environment.
Often, only the original software can properly read or export the visual data. However, just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. Since the internal structure relies on standard text, convert.guru can inspect the file, bypass the visual rendering limitations, and securely extract the internal XML content for viewing or conversion.
Convert.Guru analyzes your STORYBOARD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted PLIST, NIB, SYNCED, VIDEO, ANIMATION, CODE and XIB files.
If you want to convert STORYBOARD file to VIDEO, ANIMATION, CODE, XIB, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS or PHP, you can use Xcode or similar software from the "iOS/macOS UI Layout" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to STORYBOARD, try Xcode or another comparable tool in the "iOS/macOS UI Layout" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our STORYBOARD converter.