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changed product name in build settings, now app won't launch in simulator


I wanted a different title to be displayed in the sub-title under my iPad app's icon and changed the Product Name for my app under Build Settings.

This worked but has had a strange side effect. Whilst the app continued to work perfectly on a connected iPad, on the emulator it now behaves in a similar way to that described in [this question].1

Namely, it says it has finished running <my app> on iPad 6.0 Simulator

I tried changing the Product Name back but the problem persists. I also tried some of the suggestions on the other question (e.g. removing armv7 frfom Required Device Capabilities) but nothing worked.

This isn't a showstopper at the moment as I have a real iPad to test on but I'd still like to understand what is going on, if anyone knows.


Solution

  • Sounds like time for a reboot of the Mac. Restarting Xcode might suffice. One other thing to try is to delete the app from the simulator.