Just downloaded Xcode 10.1. I have Preferences->Navigation->Double Click Navigation set to 'Uses Seperate Window' as I usually do. However double clicking any file in the project opens a window but the contents of that window is the wrong file. Whichever file I double click on, the same incorrect file opens. If I change double clicking to open in a tab, the correct file is opened...
The problem appears to be just one project.
Have tried a 'Clean Build Folder' to no avail
It was working fine in 10.0
I open the project using the xxxx.xcworkspace (as I have pods in the project).
If I open a new window and view a specific file there then go back to my window with the list of files and double click that file, the correct window is brought to the front with the correct file visible.
Same here. For me it's the Readme.md file that is added at the top level of the project (not inside a group). Removing the reference from the project or putting the top level file(s) in a group (folder) fixed the issue.
I tried to rearrange my source code files in finder and now xcode shows them as deleted. Is there a way to tell xcode the new location of the file?
Click on the Missing file (turns Red) and go to file inspector. Click on the folder button in file inspector and provide the correct path of the file.
For missing files like this in red.
set correct path as shown below.
Select the file in the left (navigator) panel. In Xcode open the right (Utilities) panel if it's not already open. Now click the "File Inspector" tab. You should see a part that says "Location" with a button that looks like a folder. Click that button and then navigate to the folder where you moved the files to. Bam! Xcode should now see it's there!
All images and header files are looking very confusing. So i want to separate all images and other files into different groups. Anyone please help me
To organize your files on disk, simply make the folders you want to make in the Finder and drag the files to them. To do this, open the folder containing your .xcodeproj file in the Finder. Use Cmd-Shift-N to create a new folder or choose "New Folder" from the "File" menu. You'll be prompted to give the folder a name. You'll probably want to name it something like "Images" or "Headers". Once the folder is created, you can simply click on an image file and drag it to the "Images" folder (or whatever you named it). Repeat the process for any files you want to move.
Once you've done the above, the files may display as red in Xcode's Project Navigator. If that's the case, you need to select the file in Xcode's Project Navigator and show the "Utilities" pane (the right-most button in the toolbar opens and closes the Utilities pane). There are 2 tabs in the Utilities pane - the File Inspector and Quick Help. Click on the File Inspector. It should display the name of your file, the type, and the location. Next to the "Location" is an icon of a folder. Click on the folder and you'll be presented with a file navigation dialog. Navigate to the new location of the file and select it. Click the "Choose" button and the file will be re-connected in Xcode.
You may need to repeat the process for any files you moved into new folders.
In Xcode you can also use 'groups'. A kind of virtual directory structure.
Iu the left xcode column (the Navigator), right click and select 'group'
After I create a project name for example Proj11, I'd like to change the name to Proj12.
So I use Project->Rename, then the name of the project to Proj12
But the project still contains several folders name Prlj11, and after I change the folders' name, the project can't been loaded.
So what is the standard way to rename my project as well as folder name.
Click on the project folder (blue folder with your app name on the top of the project navigator). Pull up the utilities (right pane), then file inspector. Your project name is there, change it to whatever you want. Then it will ask to save, keep all the files it selected for you selected, then press rename
The best answer I found was on the apple developer site. Imagine that? You can follow the link below, but essentially it is:
1) click on the target in xcode, on the right in "Identify and Type" under name change the name and press the ENTER button on your keyboard.
2)a window will appear confirming the change and what it will change. Once you confirm it will make the changes.
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1625/_index.html
OR ANOTHER WAY AND EVEN EASIER:
left-click on the name project and rename. As soon as you rename it will ask you if you want to rename:
The folders you see in XCode navigators are not an actual folder/directories, these are virtual folders only to group your files.
And the folders you see in Finder, the path you manually set for the project, you need to rename them manually.
I know how to rename the project in Xcode 4, but how do you rename the source folder? The thing is that renaming the project in Xcode, does only rename within Xcode (Though it is progress compared to previous) - but why Xcode is not renaming the folder in the filesystem I don't know.
You can do this from within Xcode without resorting to hand editing the pbxproj file in a text editor!
Here's how:
Rename your source folder in the Finder. This will break the project initially because Xcode doesn't automatically detect when the real folders that the virtual (yellow) project folders point to are changed, so all the files inside that folder will turn red in Xcode. Don't worry about that, we'll fix it in step 3.
In Xcode, click on the (now broken) virtual folder in the left-hand sidebar and rename it to match the name in the Finder (you can actually call it anything you want, or not rename it at all, but that would be insane). That won't fix the red files inside the folder, but that's OK.
In the right-hand sidebar in Xcode, click the icon shown in the screenshot below to bring up a file dialog. Select the folder that you previously renamed. This will re-associate the virtual folder with the real folder on disk, and will automatically fix the links to all the files inside.
In your build settings, search for the old folder name and manually rename any occurrences you find. There will typically be two of them, oldfolder/prefix.pch and oldfolder/info.plist, but there may be others.
All done!
EDIT: this option is still there in Xcode 5, but is helpfully hidden by default. To show it, click the thin "Identity and Type" header in the inspector above the "Text Settings" panel to expand it.
I've done it dozens of times:
Rename the Project by clicking then editing the Title in your Xcode Project Navigator.
Close Xcode.
Rename the source folder.
From the Finder, open the .pbxproj file inside project bundle (context menu "Show Package Contents") with any text editor.
Search and replace any occurrence of the original folder name with the new folder name.
Save the file.
Open Xcode project.
Task:
Rename "Play" to "Play2" both in Xcode and in Finder
Change this:
To this:
STEPS:
// Before anything, please backup the project in Finder!
Rename project in Xcode Project navigator // Click project name then hit enter
Rename group in Xcode Project navigator // not affecting folder name in Finder
Close Xcode
Rename outer folder (left column in image) in Finder
// All above steps are straight-forward and without side effects
//
// Now comes the tricky part: rename the inner folder (middle column in image) in Finder (the one at the same level with .xcodeproj)
Rename the inner folder in Finder while keeping Xcode closed
Right click .xcodeproj, select "Show Package Contents"
Open .pbxproj file with Mac TextEdit
Search and replace all "Play" with "Play2". To guarantee everything goes right, click the arrow on the left end of the search bar and modify the search attribute. Change "Contains" to "Full word", and uncheck "Ignore case"
Save .pbxproj file
Open Xcode project and Run
Here is how to rename a project effectively in XCode4 (INCLUDING THE FILES FOLDER):
Close all open projects completely in XCode to prevent any issues
Copy the Project in question to a new Folder (IMPORTANT: KEEP A BACKUP OF YOUR OLD PROJECT)
Open the Project
Rename the Project itself in XCode4 (double click on the project name), change the name and follow the steps (yes to everything)
Go to product, manage schemes and rename the scheme (double click on the scheme name)
Close your project (make sure is completely closed otherwise the next steps will not work)
In Finder go to the Project folder and right click on the .xcodeproj file, then select the option "Show Package Contents"
Then right click on the .pbxproj file and open it with TextEdit
Replace all occurrences of the Folder Name where the projects used to live (The old project name for the new project name)
Save the file
Open the Project again and Build it!
First of - dont rename an Xcode project!!!
If you have to, the beneath could be it - I never got it to work, ended up creating a new project and started all over copying in the existing files. Xcode is so ahh.... It has so many non productive things, like also try renaming a file from "Name" to "name". Well, well have fun.
I found the answer or how to work around this: Open the pbxproj file by right clicking "Show Package Content" and in there you edit a project.pbxproj file - you have to rename a reference called path and some other stuff - just search for the folder name added "/".
That is it.
Hope it helps some one.
Here is another issue that you should be aware of while replacing values in your *.pbxproj file. If your old folder name was FooBar you will have an entry in your *.pbxproj file that looks like this:
path = FooBar
Suppose your new folder name is Foo Bar. That is, you are introducing a space. Then, this line should become
path = "Foo Bar"
If you just do a simple find and replace, the result will be a *.pbxproj file that Xcode can't parse. If your new folder name has a space and the old name didn't have a space, be sure to include the double quotes.
I am summing up for myself, after examining various answers above and trying myself.
Let's assume the current project name is ProjAbc and you want to rename it to ProjDef:
Exit Xcode of that project.
In Finder, Duplicate the folder ABOVE ProjAbc.xcodeproj for backup.
In Finder, Rename freely the folder ABOVE ProjAbc.xcodeproj if you feel you need it to suit new project name.
In Finder, Rename the source files folder parallel to ProjAbc.xcodeproj from ProjAbc to ProjDef
Open Xcode for ProjAbc.xcodeproj (in Project Navigator, all files in virtual source folder ProjAbc will be in Red color).
In Xcode, click on the (now broken) virtual folder in the Project Navigator in the left-hand sidebar and rename it to match the name in Finder - ProjDef. That won't yet fix the red files inside the folder, but that's OK.
In Xcode, (still selecting the virtual folder in the left-hand sidebar) in the right-hand sidebar, in the File inspector, click the icon shown in the screenshot below to bring up a file dialog. In the file dialog, select the folder that you previously renamed (ProjDef). This will re-associate the virtual folder with the real folder on disk, and will automatically fix the links to all the files inside.
In Xcode, in Project Navigator, click on the ProjAbc project name, and rename it to ProjDef.
You will be prompted: "Rename project content items?". Click "Rename" button.
You will be prompted: "Would you like Xcode to take automatic snapshots before Project Rename and similar operations?". Click either "Disable" or "Enable". It does not matter.
In Xcode, now open "Build Settings" inside ProjDef target (inside project ProjDef in Project Navigator). Rename both foldername and filename of both *-Info.plist and *-Prefix.pch files to contain ProjDef instead of ProjAbc.
In Xcode, in Project Navigator, in ProjDef virtual sources folder, in "Supporting Files", also rename again both *-Info.plist and *-Prefix.pch files to contain ProjDef instead of ProjAbc
In Xcode Menu, press Product/Scheme/Manage Schemes... (or click "ProjAbc"> Scheme name in Scheme Bar at left top of Xcode, and press "Manage Schemes...") and in the dialog box rename Scheme from ProjAbc to ProjDef, then press "OK" button. If Project name is composed of single word, you may run it just now!
In Xcode, edit the top comment line in Supporting Files/*-Prefix.pch file, and replace ProjAbc by ProjDef (2 times). Of course correcting this comment is optional.
Exit Xcode.
In Finder, point to ProjDef.xcodeproj and open it in text editor. (Either open it in TextWrangler.app , or, mouse right-click and in the pop-up menu press "Show Package Contents" then edit file project.pbxproj in TextEdit.app)
In the Text Editor, search "ProjAbc" (Entire Word, Match Case) which should appear once (in paragraph: /* Begin PBXNativeTarget section */ in line: productName = ProjAbc;) and replace it by "ProjDef". Indeed, project could run anyway!, so this step is optional.
if project name is composed of 2 or more separate words, like "ProjDef Geh", then you MUST do next steps: Search for the reference to the Finder folder of the virtual source files folder -
Search for the line: path = ProjDef Geh;
It will appear once, in paragraph /* ProjDef Geh */
Replace it by the line: path = "ProjDef Geh";
Save from text editor, and exit the Text Editor.
That's it. As written above, if project name is composed of single word, you can run right at end of step 11.
I found the above answers really useful, especially Nick Lockwood's answer.
I just renamed a couple of folders in Xcode 8 and encountered two more issues:
A) "missing from working copy errors"
B) Core Data crashes.
How to resolve these two issues:
A) "missing from working copy errors"
I found the below answer very useful: Swift 3 / Xcode 8 Upgrade - 100's of DerivedData files missing from working copy errors
Basically Xcode 8 has rigorous source control, which can lead to the above errors. You have to:
Clean Xcode derived data.
Go to Source Control and click Refresh Status.
Go to Source Control and click Commit; select all the files on the left sidebar of the commit menu when committing (right click -> Select All).
You'll probably get an error.
Close the Commit menu.
Refresh Status.
Close your project by quitting Xcode.
Reopen your project, refresh status, commit again.
This time the commit should work.
Click Project -> Clean.
I'm assuming that you have already enabled Source Control. If you haven't, or if you get stuck following my instructions, just follow the more detailed instructions in the link provided.
B) Core Data crashes
Renaming folders will sometimes screw up Core Data. There are several possible reasons why this is so, and below are some fixes I can suggest:
Incorrect AppDelegate model name. This was the case in my situation. Go to your AppDelegate and find let container = NSPersistentContainer(name: "YOUR CORE DATA MODEL NAME"). Make sure that the name is correct.
In the future (several years after this post, when Apple changes Core Data again) or if you're using an older version of Core Data, take a careful look at AppDelegate. There's probably something funky there that's messing with your Core Data.
Incorrect model name in xcdatamodeld. Go to Finder and open your .xcdatamodeld in a text editor.
Check the following:
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>_XCCurrentVersionName</key>
<string>YOUR CORE DATA MODEL NAME.xcdatamodel</string> <-- Make sure this is correct.
</dict>
</plist>
More detail here: Core Data model files does not load on rename
If the two things above don't work, try to 1) delete your entity and then add another entity that's identical or 2) delete your xcdatamodeld and then add another data model that's identical (and make sure that the name of the new xcdatamodeld matches what is in your AppDelegate and the rest of your code). Never do this with a live App - or if you do this, make sure to properly migrate your Core Data whilst doing so.
If you are have old reference of source project into your project, When dublicate the project (every change made affect to both proejct)
here the solution
Dublicate Project from source project
Rename source folder of source project that break reference issue.
In dublicate proejct everything goes red choose your current folder of project. (screenshot is shows in green tick answer of stackoverflow)
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