Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but her goes…
Is there a setting somewhere that will add the first { to the next line instead of the end of the method?
While Xcode has some editing preferences that can be set (Xcode > Preferences… > Text Editing, under both the Editing and the Indentation tabs), it does not move your cursor to a new line automatically.
I’m afraid you’re stuck hitting that one extra return.