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Xcode 7.0.1 - SDKs not recognized > "iPhoneOSX.X (SDK not found)"

I recently updated Xcode from 7.0 to 7.0.1 and now I'm unable to build with 8.0 as a base SDK. Typically this happens when upgrading and I simply needed to copy the SDKs into the right place.

As you can see, they are already there:

$ ls /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs

iPhoneOS.sdk    iPhoneOS8.0.sdk iPhoneOS8.1.sdk iPhoneOS8.2.sdk iPhoneOS8.4.sdk iPhoneOS9.0.sdk

This is how the target looks: enter image description here

My device (named Spock) now only has one entry where before there was an entry for every SDK:

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I've tried:

  • moving the files in and out.
  • cleaning the build folder.
  • restarting Xcode
  • restarting my machine

Any other ways to get Xcode to recognize the SDKs?

Solution

  • The problem had to do installing multiple versions of Xcode and the 7.0.1 update installing in an unexpected place.

    Here's what my Applications folder looked like before I fixed things:

    Xcode -> Xcode 7.0
    /Xcode6/Xcode -> Xcode 6.0.1
    /Xcode6.4/Xcode -> Xcode 7.0.1

    Notice how the 6.4 folder points to 7.0.1? Not good.

    I must've had 2 versions of Xcode 7.0 installed. One I know I downloaded a dmg and the other I must have updated via the Mac App Store.

    That means that when I went to look in the standard place: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs

    ...I was looking at Xcode 7.0, even though it was in the Applications folder and not a subfolder!

    In the end I reorganized my Applications folder like this:

    Xcode -> Xcode 7.0.1
    /Xcode6/Xcode -> Xcode 6.0.1
    /Xcode7.0/Xcode -> Xcode 7.0

    I also had to delete and re-add the 8.X SDKs but got it working again after that!