Just realised I've made a mistake of updating xcode 4.5 (iOS 6) as it causing problems.
How to uninstall xcode 4.5 (iOS 6)? safely? as iOS 6 is beta. I want to go back to xcode 5.1.
iOS6 is no longer beta. So if you installed Xcode 4.5 from the store, you already have the release version of Xcode 4.5. If not, get it from the store.
If you want an older version of Xcode, look here.
There are cases where you may not want to upgrade to the latest version of Xcode.
In my company there are still customers with iPhone 3 that are running iOS 4.2.1 and Xcode 4.5 won't generate code for it. Xcode will generate for 4.3 upwards.
Surprisingly I have an iPhone 3 (A1303) that has been upgraded to iOS 6.0 and Xcode won't generate code for that either.
So, for those that do need to downgrade, you use the link that #leo posted to get hold of the dmg for the version of Xcode you want (4.4.1 probably) and mount it. You then find the existing Xcode (in your application folder) and drag it to the waste bin, then drag the downgraded Xcode to the application folder. You may need to re-install the command line tools, if you use them. Make sure you get the version for your Mac's OS.
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I had XCode 5 installed on my old Mac, with iOS6 & 7 simulators. On migrating to a new Mac (both running Mavericks) I now have XCode and XCode 5 installed, the former being XCode 6.x. I think XCode demanded to be upgraded because I wasn't using iOS8 previously, and on my old Mac XCode won't start without me letting it download updates.
Now, my XCode apps don't have simulators and when I installed them, things just don't work. XCode 5 launches simulators with a black screen even after resetting the simulator and force quitting, for example.
Is there a way to fix this or has everything just gone wrong and I should delete all the xcode apps and re-download/install?
I was previously targeting iOS 6/7 and while I'm happy to drop iOS6 support now, I'm unclear which XCode I should use.
Open the App Store and check if your Xcode 6 is up to date.
I would recommend dragging each Xcode.app file to the trash and downloading a fresh install of Xcode 6 from the App Store.
I have a slow internet connection and am trying to avoid downloading previous XCode documentation sets and SDKs.
I just installed XCode 4.5 and see they included no documentation sets for any iOS version. There is also only the SDK for iOS 6.
I deploy on iOS version 4.2 and later. I also had many iOS SDKs for testing and all the docsets.
Is it an issue to copy my 4.2, 4.3, 5.0, etc. docsets and SDKs to the XCode 4.5?
The new install location is different so I'm even wondering where I would move them to.
Thanks in advance
My old Developer folder was in the root HD folder. I don't know if that's typical. The docsets were located here:
HD/Developer/Documentation/DocSets
The simulators were located here:
HD/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs
Unfortunately I wasn't able to get XCode 4.5 to recognize any docset I moved from my XCode 4.2 installation. I had to let XCode 4.5 download them.
I did successfully move content from my developer XCode 4.5 GM to the AppStore XCode 4.5.
The .docset files are stored here:
~/Library/Developer/Shared/Documentation/DocSets
Nothing had to be done as XCode 4.5 from the AppStore recognized what I had downloaded using my XCode 4.5 GM. This is good news because it means future XCode versions will probably recognize them as well.
The simulator files are stored inside the XCode.app itself:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/
I just copied these folders from the XCode 4.5 GM to the App Store XCode 4.5 into the above folder:
iPhoneSimulator4.3.sdk
iPhoneSimulator5.0.sdk
iPhoneSimulator5.1.sdk
My understanding is that the minimum supported deployment target with Xcode 4.5 or later is iOS 4.3 so I didn't move any other simulator SDKs.
Of course, you need to control-click (or right mouse click) the XCode application and select Show Package Contents before you can navigate to the Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/ folder.
I don't know what this means when a new Xcode is release and the App Store installs the update. Will it wipe out these SDKs I moved? I've already made a backup of my modified XCode 4.5 in case they are lost when upgrading XCode through the App Store.
Hope this is helpful.
I removed Xcode 4.2 from my system and installed 4.3 from the App Store.
Now when I want to build my app in MonoDevelop it says
The Apple iPhone SDK is not installed.
Using Xcode I can build and run iOS apps just fine.
I tried reinstalling MonoTouch, but it will fail saying XCode is missing.
Any idea how to get this working again?
Xcode 4.3 moved to a different directory, and MonoTouch can't find it anymore.
Yesterday we released a beta update that fixes this - just enable the beta channel in MonoDevelop (Preferences -> Updates) and then update to MonoDevelop (2.8.6.5) and MonoTouch (5.2.5).
Once we've been able to test the changes a bit more, we'll release these packages to the stable channel.
I had xcode 3.2.something. and iwth ios sdks 3.0-3.1-....4.1 and 2 iphone simulator sdks.
Now i installed xcode 4.0 with ios sdk 4.3 something like that.
Now all my previous applications cannot be launched nor on device nor on simulator because there's not a single old sdk available.
so next i reinserted the original cds containing macosx and xcode and reinstalled the first xcode i used, but now there's not one ios sdk available at all.
i've been surfing the net for hours now, andi have a couple of questions:
1)have i had to uninstall the xcode 3.2.x before installing xcode 4?
2)how to uninstall applications on mac??? just to make sure that the answer i've found is the correct one.
3)how can erase the traces of all previous xcodes and their sdks in order to install the original one, now that i learned how to install different xcode versions side by side.
4) now what do you think i should to recover? do i have to back up everything and reinstall mac from the beginning?
thank you
So, your questions:
1. Have I got to uninstall XCode 3.2 before installing XCode 4? - No, you don't, but the XCode installer will overwrite your old copy by default. When installing the newer version of XCode and the iOS SDK you must specify a different install directory (eg, create a new folder in the root of your drive called 'Developer 4' for XCode 4.
2. How can I uninstall XCode? - Normally on a mac you would just drag your application to the trash, but it's a little more complicated with XCode. Refer to the instructions at this link: http://pushkararora.com/how-to/how-to-uninstall-xcode-completely/
3. How can I erase all traces of all previous XCodes? - see the answer above for question 2 :)
You can obtain old versions of the SDK from various unofficial online sources if you need to roll back to iOS 3 SDKs. However, it may not be all that much work to move your apps over to the 4.x SDKs.
ok it turned out that at the beginning i was using xcode 3.2.4 with ios sdk 4.1
The xcode that comes with mac osx only targets mac sdk. No iphone support
So i got xcode 3.2.4 setup from a backup (you can find it online) and installed and this should work
And now i have 3.2.5 using sdk 4.2 and targetting all till 3.0
and also xcode 4.0.2
Well you know they just released this new XCode 4 version thing...... I am still using version 3.x.x.
Is it mandatory to use XCode 4 for my iPhone apps to be approved?
Not at all. You can still build, sign and submit iOS Apps using XCode 3.
No, but it is recommended. You can use XCode 4 with base SDK 4.3 and target an older iOS version.
You can download iOS SDK 4.3 with either Xcode 4 or Xcode 3.2.6 from Apple's iOS developer page. Remember that the Xcode version number is not the SDK version number.
You should always use the latest SDK, even if you're targeting an older iOS version. As I understand it, Apple will sometimes fix bugs in older OS versions. In order to get those fixes, though, you need to use the latest SDK.
unless you don't want to try Git integration you should be fine :) I'm struck with xcode 3.2.5 and shortcuts. And I hate iTunes like toolbar for no reason :(