I've spent the past few months converting a project of mine with about 1500 source code files into Swift. It was incredibly tedious, but I finally did it. It runs well, builds well, but:
When I attempt to archive the project, Xcode fails with the following error:
ditto: can't get real path for source '/Users/USER/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/
APP-dtsbrzschafjiubelceuxtfwstqf/Build/Intermediates/ArchiveIntermediates/APPCore/
IntermediateBuildFilesPath/APPCore.build/Release/APPCore.build/Objects-normal/
x86_64/APPCore.swiftmodule''
Command /usr/bin/ditto failed with exit code 1
APP being the app and APPCore being the embedded framework.
What I've tried:
cleaning the project (which really has no effect when archiving, since archive always compiles from scratch)
using Xcode 7.2 beta (released a few days ago)
making as many declarations as possible non-public
disabling any Swift optimizations for the release build configuration
building the APPCore framework as release - which actually works (!) - and does (!) create the .swiftmodule file
The last part being the strangest here. This evidently points to the archive doing something slightly different, but I have no idea what.
My question is if anyone has any idea why is this happening and how to debug this. I've spent the last two days trying to figure this out, but no results...
I've googled this error as well, but unfortunately, the answers were fairly limited and suggesting to comment all lines of code and then start slowly uncommenting them until the project builds. Which is OK for a smaller project, but not for a 25KLOC project, mainly when you have absolutely no idea where to start...
I had the same issue and your question actually helped me to solve it (Xcode 8).
In debug mode just got the "ditto: can't get real path for source" without any further information. Switching to release mode showed me that the problem was that the framework wasn't allowed to have a bridging header file. I went to the build settings and removed the bridging header file (don't know why there was one) and it now compiles both in release and debug mode.
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Im running Xcode 9.2. My storyboards are completely useless now. Ive
experienced what this article shows and have tried everything the
article suggested.
My issue occurred when I tried to add a single swift file to an existing
objective C project with about 320 files in it already. I removed the
.swift file entirely from the project, then did everything in the article
link above and still nothing fixed it including removing/reloading XCode
several times trying different things.
I filed a bug with apple but haven't received any replies in a week (of course). Apple seems to be slammed with tons of bugs lately they keep
creating.
Now I cannot work on this project's storyboards at all and Im dead in the
water. Really not happy with Apple lately!
Is there anything more that anyone has had success in fixing this issue?
Im completely dead in the water on this application now.
Fixed this by setting the command line tools version to the correct one. Mine was blank in Preferences / Locations
For my case, whenever I open a storyboard from a workspace, this happens. So I got rid of cocoapods and workspace, then just use carthage for thirdparty libraries. Storyboards opens faster and without this error.
Note that the storyboard I am testing is empty.
This turned out to be stupidity on my part. I had a script that was killing certain processes on my Mac over and over and it turns out that was my issue. When I removed it everything worked as normal again.
In one project I'm using I can't set breakpoints in Swift code, Xcode always crashes when reaching one of them, doesn't matter if it's a "manual" or an exception breakpoint.
In other projects everything works as expected, only for one project Xcode 6.4 (6E35b) always crashes.
I tried cleaning, deleting derived data, resetting simulator, restarting Xcode/Mac - nothing helped at all.
Anyone else experiencing this problem and hopefully knows what helps?
EDIT
Seems only to be the case on one machine (Xcode 6.4, 10.10.5), but not on the other (Xcode 6.4, El Capitan). But as I mentioned in the comments, reinstalling Xcode didn't help, are there some other preferences I could reset/delete?
EDIT2
Here's the Xcode crash log file:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/119600/Xcode_2015-08-12-074655_Stefans-iMac.crash
I would try uninstalling and reinstalling Xcode to see if it helps... I've heard of successes with this technique for similar issues.
Just delete the entire Xcode.app from /Applications, and reinstall from the .dmg. If you're not certain of the binaries and have time / bandwidth, consider re-downloading the .dmg.
If that doesn't work, try the following source control tricks (substitute "your favorite revision control" for "git"):
Try purging all objects not in source code control
Another approach: Check out the app again into a fresh repository (this will get even the files that may have been committed but ignored later).
If not under source code control, grab a .gitignore from here and add it to git, then check out into another directory (this will leave everything but source, interface builder, project files and resources/assets behind).
I'd suggest moving the breakpoint code to another location (such as making a function call and breaking either before or inside the function). However, if all Swift code has this problem, that may not work.
Finally, after making an interim commit (to roll back to), try it in Xcode 7 beta. Bit of a hassle because you have to upgrade to Swift 2.0, but if you keep the deployment target the same no iOS target changes are needed.
If this really is a burden and/or it's a small project, you could try creating a new project and migrating the files and storyboard over, but likely this is too much effort.
Either way, since you note it's pretty much all breakpoints in Swift code, file a bug with Apple's bug reporter. They really need to hear about issues such as this, since you don't seem to be alone in having this issue.
EDIT: Where are others seeing this issue?
Maybe we can see commonality -- since this is only reported in Swift projects (so far). A colleague has seen this problem with breakpoints (as well as stepping through code) in Xcode 6.4 on 10.10.4. (I've seen Xcode 6.4 crashes in the past as well).
I see OS version 10.10.5 mentioned as a target where this happens (#swalkner); is this a beta? If OS 10.10.4/5 is the only place we see this, it might be significant. If it's a project/OS interaction, it might be tricky to reproduce / fix, but I'd encourage everyone to submit detailed bug reports to Apple (maybe even link this post).
Some points to note if you're seeing this:
Operating System Version
Hardware
Target: Simulator vs. Hardware; iOS vs WatchKit app.
Target SDK version(s)
Swift only? Or on an Objective-C only project? Mixed?
Only one project, or several?
It's a longshot, but let me know if it's working:
uncheck the "Always show Dissasembly" check
Debug > Debug Workflow > Always Show Disassembly
In older versions of Xcode (<6.1):
Product > Debug Workflow > Show Disassembly When Debugging
I've just spent the past few hours trying to solve exactly the same issue.
I thought at first, it had started due to installing Xcode 7 on the same machine as Xcode 6.4. The problem certainly coincided.
However, due to having version control, I could look and see what files had changed since opening the project with Xcode 7.
The images.xcassets file had changed. Reverting this file back has stopped Xcode from crashing each time it hit a breakpoint.
I'm not sure whether this helps at all, but definitely look at images.xcassets and if needs be, delete it, recreate it and ensure it's setup 100%. It certainly fixed my issue.
I am working on a fork of the Xbox HID project (to allow greater configuration of the controller) and came across a really strange issue.
The project is three projects, which I have grouped together under a workspace, which works well, it compiles them in order (kext, daemon and prefpane) and all works.
However, I decided to uncrustify the code (thanks Alcatraz!) and standardise the names and locations of source files. This required me to update the project as file paths changed.
Once this was all completed the PrefPane wouldn't load. For some reason it was instantiating and sending initWithBundle to an object that was NOT the File's Owner in the XIB.
After a lot of debugging and hair-pulling I discovered the object it was instantiating also happened to be the first file listed in the Compile Sources build phase. Once I moved the correct file to the top of that list the PrefPane once again launched and worked as expected.
That seems wrong, why does it need to compile this particular class first... better yet, why is it picking up only the first compiled class instead of the one specified in the XIB?
I am using Xcode Version 6.2 (6C131e) under OSX 10.9.5, however, I am using the OSX 10.6 SDK and have 10.6 as the deployment target.
I was having some other issues with the project in question, so I rebuilt all three projects and this issue went away.
I am guessing there was some sort of issue with the Xcode project itself as I believe it was probably upgraded from at least two previous major versions of Xcode.
Lesson here seems to be, rebuild the project files themselves and see if that fixes the issues!
I'm asking this question again since the other one had an answer that did not work for me.
I'm getting this message when trying to rename a class, along with code sense and color syntax broken.
The file is in the build phase of the target.
I'have tried erasing the derived data to rebuild the index. I can see the index rebuilding but this does not help.
I'm using Xcode 4.2
I found it to be a bug in Xcode 4.1 under OS X 10.7.1 along side with other issues i had. When I reopen my project, the message was gone, refactoring worked as expected and auto-completing worked as well.
I've been working on a project in Xcode 3.2.5 and today I tried migrating it up to Xcode 4.0. It compiles just fine; I can navigate to and execute the .app without a hitch (as expected). The only thing that is screwy is the fact that Xcode cannot launch the application, and displays the following error when it tries:
"Error starting executable. No executable file specified. Use the "file" or "exec-file" command" (image not available)
I've scoured the Project and Xcode settings and have been googling for half the day, but all I can find are dead ends and people bashing other people about breaking Apple NDA. FYI Xcode 4 has been released, and is no longer under NDA.
Should I just start a new project and copy in my source? Sounds wrong to me, but brute force works when brute force works.
Thanks in advance
At a guess, the schemes it set up for you based on your v3 targets and build settings might not be quite right. From the schemes menu, choose to edit the current scheme, then select the Run action from the list and make sure the appropriate exectuable is selected.
I ran into the same issue this question came up so I spent my time identifying the issue, reproducing the issue, narrowing it down and explaining as best I could how to not make it happen - as well as the general frustration that comes with an issue like this (it hit me on 2 different versions of Xcode in 2 weeks).
If you're going to delete my post then at least take the time to try and answer the question as I had tried to do.
Now, on to the reply that actually tells how this issue may be created and how to avoid that.
I JUST had this happen creating an app for iOS. Why? I renamed my target executable.
Just tested this by checking out a new copy of the source and rebuilding.
The app ran fine on my device.
Went in to Xcode 4.2, renamed the target. Ran the app. "Error starting Executable..."
I changed the filename back. Same error.
Cleaned and ran the app again and it launched.
Renamed the app, cleaned and ran it again. Not so much luck.
Don't rename your app by renaming the target.
This is such a stupid limitation. Apple lets you rename your target app, but by doing so, this prevents your app from launching on the device.
EDIT: I haven't checked in any code, but now I can't check out and build and run any app without this happening. How do you get the device/xCode out of this state once you've gotten it in to it?
Even the app now crashes on launch at int retVal = UIApplicationMain(argc, argv, nil, nil);
This is in Xcode 4.2 on Snow Leopard, but I got into the same state with Xcode 3 on another Machine last week.
Edit 2: Rebooted the device, rebooted my Mac. Built and ran in the simulator first, then on the Gen4 iPod touch. It works.
I had this issue when migrating a project from Xcode 4 to 4.1, and it ended up being due to the Target's "Product Name" being different in the debug and release configurations. A holdover from when I changed the name of the product many versions ago. So check that...
I've downgraded Xcode from 4.2 to 4.1 only to encounter an error at build and run on device: "Error starting executable. Don't know how to run ...". I've cleaned the project (Xcode > Project > Clean) and cleaned the build folder (Xcode > Project > (hold option key) Clean Build Folder). After that I had to build again and it built okay on iPod touch 4g running iOS 5.
Well, it sure sounds like a whole family of bugs behind that error message!
I got the error after loading up an Xcode 3 project under 4.2.x for the first time.
None of the above tips worked for me, however what I eventually did was switching from GDB to LLDB.
That fixed it.
It looked like the new path to the executable wasn't properly recognized by GDB (i.e. once locally at PROJECT/build/Debug/... in Xcode3 but now in the usual temp. folder location with Xcode 4 it was still looking for the executable in the build folder relative to the project sources)
I duplicated the target and rename the copied on to different name, I got this error message. What I did is to clean the project, exit Xcode, restart the Xcode, then it can run on my device.