I recently installed Xcode 4.3.1 from the App Store. It constantly says "Downloading iOS 5.1 SDK." Isn't that already on my computer with the download? Every time I close and reopen the app, it seems the downloads restart. Is this normal?
Its probably downloading the documentation. You can control this in the preferences--> downloads settings.
It should finish eventually, the documentation is pretty huge.
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After my iPhone 13 updated to iOS 15.6, Xcode 13.4.1 no longer was able to debug apps on the device. Many posts and Xcode support recommend that I roll back to Xcode 13.3.1.
So I renamed Xcode to "Xcode 13.4.1", downloaded the xip for 13.3.1 and also confirmed that I am running the previous version, via the About menu.
Yet I still get the following error:
Failed to prepare device for development. This operation can fail if
the version of the OS on the device is incompatible with the installed
version of Xcode. You may also need to restart your mac and device in
order to correctly detect compatibility.
I have cleaned the build folder, I also downloaded the 15.5 image, renamed it to 15.6, and placed it in the DeviceSupport folder. But it nothing has worked.
I don't know if Xcode uses any config files that I need to clean, or anything else I can't think of. Has anyone been through this?
Xcode 13.4 (build 13F100) has a known issue preparing devices running iOS 15.6 beta and is not officially supported. The fix is to wait for a newer build of 13.4.x Xcode.
Anecdotally some have said it works after disconnecting the phone and restarting both the phone and the Mac.
There are two workarounds:
The official workaround from Apple is to install Xcode 13.3.1. You have tried this. The majority of the config files are inside the Xcode directory. You can download AppCleaner and have it show you everything it would delete if you allowed it to uninstall Xcode. For me that list was 11 GB and 39 files. I'd exam those files and possibly make copies of anything outside /Applications/Xcode.app before allowing it to remove.
Navigate to
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/ and duplicate the 15.5 folder with a new name of 15.6. If this works, it is much safer.
I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro to 10.13, and installed Xcode 9
Xcode is working, but I don't seem to have the latest Libraries.
Previously this was a manual process which took some time. Searching I found
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/releasenotes/DeveloperTools/RN-Xcode/Chapters/Introduction.html
This states "You obtain Xcode 9 from the Mac App Store. It is a free download that installs directly into the Applications folder. By default, Xcode downloads developer documentation in the background for offline reading; it also automatically downloads documentation updates. This behavior can be changed after installation using the Downloads preferences pane."
As far as I can see this is not happening, and I can't find any "Downloads preferences pane"
Today, on my MacBook Pro with OS X 10.10.3, I launched the App Store application and downloaded XCode 7. After the download has ended, I cannot find any update file on my disk. App Store says XCode 7 is installed, but indeed it's not. The XCode application on my disk is still the old version 6.4 and there is no trace of the XCode 7, nor an installer on my disk. I launched XCode 6.4 hopefully some upgrading should have been launched afterwards, but nothing happened. The About window confirms: it's the version 6.4 (6E35b). I turned off the machine and rebooted. Nothing changed. So I downloaded XCode 7 once again. Same trouble. Any idea? Solution?
If you don't find another way to install XCode 7 try to install the XCode 7.1 beta. Works fine for me: https://developer.apple.com/xcode/download/
At the Apple Developer Forum I have seen that other developers had the same trouble. Anyway, after downloading XCode 7 for the 3rd time, it worked. Thanks.
everyone.
I found that I cannot install old simulator into Xcode 6.2 by coping now. I tried to download the 7.1 simulator in Xcode, but always get a no response message. Is there another way to install iOS 7.1 simulator for Xcode 6.2?
Thanks.
Goto Xcode -> Preferences -> Downloads
Starting with Xcode 6.2, it will install to /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes rather than in the Xcode.app bundle itself. This allows you to install the legacy runtimes without breaking the signature of the app bundle (which in turn allows you to download delta updates from the store rather than full downloads when updating Xcode.app) and allows them to persist across Xcode.app updates.
I have updated my XCode to the latest 5.0 version. But recently I noticed that the AppStore still offering update-option for the XCode. When I checked the installed XCode version, it shows 5.0. What's that suppose to mean? Has it been updated or not?
Restart the computer, then open the App Store back up and if it is still there then it is nothing to worry about.