This is a dumb question, but when I try to reorganize my xcode project and move everything to a new folder on my desktop, the project name turns red and is no longer working properly. How do I move my xcode files to the new folder in my desktop while having it work properly?
Thank you!
xcode projects are executable.
-close current xcode project
-open project from new location by clicking .xcodeproj file
You can try closing the current xcode window and then reopening the project from the new location.
Moving the parent folder (with the Xcode closed) should be enough to work, but maybe your project are pointing a library o a file in a different location.
Check on your projects target in the Build Settings tab if there is some path pointing directly to some specific folder/file and modify it
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When I created any new Xcode project and open it then build and index folder automatically created under the project folder. I attached a picture one of my Xcode projects. It must be some Xcode setting, please help if someone already find the problem regarding the same issue.
I got the solution for this problem by going Xcode preference and change the build location custom to shared build folder. It was selected as the relative path to the workspace before.
screenshot to build location path change
This is not the first time I've had trouble with this and I suspect not the last time either. Despite having learned many frameworks inside out I still find the organizational structure of a simple xcode project elusive. I simply wanted to retitle a project from CATouchSynth to ABTouchSynth. A while ago I discovered that if you click on the Project folder in project navigator and than change the name in the Identity and Type section it will rename many of the relevant files and directories to the new name. However, there is one main folder inside the folder on your computer that doesn't change and still has the old name. I could see no way to change this folder name through Xcode and so I renamed it manually from finder. This turned all of my source files and assets red so I manually "relinked" them in xcode and they are now non-red and seemingly linked with the newly named folder. However I am getting several compile-time errors talking about the old folder name but I have no clue what Xcode is referring too. The errors look like this
It seemed as if derived data was an issue so I deleted the derived data folder from Xcode and I still get these errors. Has anyone experienced this before and what can I do to ressurrect my project?
Note: Before doing any changes do backup your project folder. This is seriously recommended.
Follow the steps below to rename the source folder of your project –
Close XCode.
Rename the Source Folder.
Right click the project bundle .xcodeproj file and select “Show Package Contents” from the context menu. Open the .pbxproj file with any text editor (Xcode).
This step should be done with extreme caution. Search and replace any occurrence of the original folder name with the new folder name.
Save and Close the file.
Open XCode project.
The error is happening at build time during the compile phase, so you will have to go into the app target's Compile Sources build phase, remove all those .m files, and add them again.
I have folder where i store all my projects. I have problem with one of them.
All projects except this have projectname.xcodeproj file.
When i open Xcode i see this project - it has icon with white background (other have blue background). I can open it, build and run.
I can't find this .xcodeproj file - so i can't run pod init in terminal for this folder. I See error "No xcode project found, please specify one".
I don't use git. Searching for this file had no results. What else can i do?
I think you may have changed the path for the specific project you're experiencing problems with. Try to create another project and just copy/paste the files from the old project into the new one and reference the new project.
Using Xcode 4.5.2
I occasionally want to rename a project all the way through the project without leaving obvious folder name atavisms from previous versions in the project 's file system.
The usual instructions for renaming an Xcode project do not accomplish this. I have read them and done them many times. They only go so far. They leave the main directory (at the same level as the .xcode.proj file) with the ORIGINAL project name. Call me persnickety but I don't like that. So I endeavor to change it as follows.
I begin with the usual instructions, then attempt to rename the remaining original folder name both in Xcode and in Finder. It ends badly. Here are the steps I follow. It should be reproducible.
We will attempt to change a project named "JoeSchmoe" to "JoeSchmoe_1".
Do the Usual Project Rename Procedure
Create a new Xcode Utility project, named: "JoeSchmoe". Use Storyboards and ARC.
Build, run, and test functionality to verify that everything is OK. It is. Stop.
Hit cmd-shift-J
Open the Utilities panel on the right
Under Identity, change project name to "JoeSchmoe_1". Xcode will ask you, "Rename content project items?" Click "Rename"
Build. It should succeed. And it does.
The Problem
In the Project Navigator, notice that the main folder in the project is still named "JoeSchmoe"!
Change the name of that folder to JoeSchmoe_1
Build. It should succeed. And it does. We're done, right? Well let's look at the project's file system.
Quit Xcode
In Finder, open the folder containing the newly renamed and working "JoeSchmoe_1.xcode.proj"
(Its containing folder is still named "JoeSchmoe". That's ok for now. We could change it to anything without affecting Xcode, so long as it contains the .xcode.proj file and associated files and directories. We leave it alone.)
In that directory (at the same level as the JoeSchmoe_1.xcode.proj file), notice that the main project folder is also still named "JoeSchmoe" !!
Change the name of this "JoeSchmoe" folder to "JoeSchmoe_1". (We expect this to break the project because we know Xcode will still be looking for the "JoeSchmoe" folder, since it didn't change it for us.)
Start Xcode
Build. It fails, as expected.
Notice that all the filenames in the Project Navigator are now red colored, meaning files not found. (We expected this. Now we want to fix it.)
In the Project Navigator, select the project (top icon), then Target -> Build Settings -> Packaging -> Info.plist File.
Notice the file pathname in the Info.plist File settings row is named: JoeSchmoe/JoeSchmoe_1-Info.plist !! The directory still has the old project name. But in the file system we just changed it. So let's make this the same as what's in the filesystem.
Change its name to JoeSchmoe_1/JoeSchmoe_1-Info.plist
Re-Verify that the directoryname/filenames are identical in the file system and what you have in your Xcode Packaging -> Info.plist setting.
If they are, the project should build. Right?
It Fails. And all of the project files are in red (meaning not found).
Try cleaning the project (Product menu -> Clean),
Quit Xcode, Restart and Build.
It Fails, as before.
At this point I don't have a theory as to why it fails, other than to assume that there is an Xcode setting that needs to be changed somewhere that I haven't yet discovered. Looked all around for it. I'm stumped.
What am I missing?
Since they got rid of the feature that was in Xcode 3 to easily change your project name, it's been a pain in the butt to do manually. I found a great app in the mac strore Project Duplicator for Xcode 4 that copies your project and lets you name it whatever you want. I've been using it for a while now and have never had an issue with it, and it was only $1 when I purchased it.
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The last thing I had to change when renaming a project, including the finder folders, is the setting under "Build Settings->Prefix Header". It was still pointing to a finder folder that no longer existed and the compiler would throw on a file not found error.
Once I changed this to my new inner project folder, it all worked fine and I've been able to build the project as expected.
See this answer for fixing the problem manually
Renaming xcode 4 project and the actual folder
Until this evening everything was fine. But now Xcode doesn't open .xcodeproj files.
When I start Xcode then click File->Open and then click on .xcodeproj file, the open dialog is showing me .xcodeproj file's contents instead of opening the project. I found on the web that it may be due to an old version of Xcode but I am using 3.2.4.
What format is the volume on which the projects reside ? An Xcode project is actually a bundle, that is a directory containing a project.pbxproj file (this is the only important file) and some user-specific settings files (which are not important). Make sure the project.pbxproj file is present and has appropriate permissions. Also if this is a non HFS+ volumes then that may be part of the problem.
I got same error in my project finally i founded my answer. there total two option for solve this issue.
There is need one backup of your project. you can replace your .xcodeproj with old file.
you have to create new project and than have to add All old project file in new project.