Xcode iOS project only shows "My Mac 64-bit" but not simulator or device

Question

This just started happening that my iOS project is only showing "My Mac 64-bit" rather than the Simulator or my iPhone to build to. I have no idea why this is happening. I do not think that I have changed anything.

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I have my project set to iOS 5 as the base SDK, but no matter what I do it seems to never show my any other options to build for. I have restarted Xcode a few times, and still no luck.

Why is the happening?

Xcode 4.2, Build 4D199

score 406 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '14 at 09:31

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I figured it out. I had to edit the scheme (Product->Scheme->Edit Scheme...), and for some reason no executable was selected. I chose my app, saved and now I have my simulator and device options back.

edited Mar 20 '14 at 09:31

Jorge

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answered Dec 04 '11 at 20:41

Nic Hubbard

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In my case, I have no executale selected and it runs fine... After I fix the **Base SDK** (under Build Settings) which was oddly wrongly set to "iphoneos" rather than "iOS 5.0" as it should and as it was before. – cregox Jan 06 '12 at 16:33
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Had you recently changed the name of the XCode project (.xcodeproj) file? I've had this happen to me before too. Thanks for your solution! – Paul Shapiro Apr 25 '12 at 20:58
@PaulShapiro Yeah, you know I might have changed the name before then, can't remember! – Nic Hubbard Apr 25 '12 at 21:25
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In my case executable is selected but still that mac scheme is coming. – Sanoj Kashyap Sep 05 '12 at 11:44
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FYI, I had this problem and like Paul, it happened just after I changed the name of my xcodeproj file. – IQpierce Nov 02 '12 at 16:21
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where is executable button? – coolcool1994 Jul 02 '13 at 14:45
if you change the name of the compiled product, it will cause this problem. – deepwinter Oct 27 '13 at 04:58
In my case, this occurred after run `pod install` and opened newly created `.xcworkspace`. – Protocole Jan 30 '17 at 07:47
I had to delete the user data from my `xcworkspace` as it was corrupted and xcode wouldn't open my project, that's when this occurred for me – Gary Wright Feb 17 '17 at 10:02
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I wish I could up vote this each time I have to go find it again. :-) – eric Jan 12 '18 at 00:13
Where do you find "Product>Scheme>Edit Scheme" ???? Would be great if reader knew what that even meant. – John Pitts Aug 03 '21 at 18:30
@JohnPitts Product is one of the main top menus in Xcode. – Nic Hubbard Aug 04 '21 at 19:36

score 88 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 26 '22 at 23:52

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Here is how I solved this problem. Right-click on the xcodeproj file and select "show package contents." Now delete everything inside the xcuserdata folder.

edited Dec 26 '22 at 23:52

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answered Dec 29 '11 at 16:30

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Thanks! It solved my problem after I renamed my xcodeproj file. – Vince Yuan Mar 16 '15 at 14:57
This answer assumes that the Xcode defaults are in place - i.e. the schemes you're using are not 'Shared' and you have 'Autocreate schemes' checked. For projects shared with a team you will often find one or both of these defaults disabled as they are user-centric (not collaborative). – Quintin Willison Jun 26 '15 at 09:29
This is not correct way to do. Accepted answer is accurate. – Manan Devani Oct 11 '16 at 07:18
Yes -- a good idea to add .gitignore file at goo.gl/Oy5o6H to avoid story xcuserdata in git repo. – wcochran Apr 29 '17 at 22:52
solved for me thanks, but i had to delete the shared data inside not the user data – Leonardo Pugliese May 21 '20 at 13:50

score 41 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 28 '16 at 12:43

This is basically happen, when you change your project name or something like that. The solution is, you have to select the right "Scheme" for your project. Here is the solution :

After open your project :

Go to "Product" from upper menu
Select "Scheme" from the list
Then select "Manage Scheme"
Now no matter your "Project Name" is listed here or not just click on "Autocreate Schemes Now" from the upper-right side of the window.
Press "ok", now your project rebuild and you can find the "Simulator List" on the top.

Hope this help you guys.

score 40 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 05 '12 at 03:59

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Had the same problem.

None of the above solutions worked. In the end, I clicked on "Manage Schemes" and then "Autocreate Schemes Now". Then select the new scheme in Xcode. Now you will get back all device/simulator options.

This might be a bit nuclear option if you are midway through the project. My problem happened as I was starting on a new project and renamed the project. In this scenario, only autocreating a new scheme seemed to work.

answered Sep 05 '12 at 03:59

aloha

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Hi @Anshu, then there'll be an old scheme for the old name, do you know to remove it? – George Nov 13 '13 at 05:29
@congliu The old scheme gets replaced by the new scheme. In case you are using version control like SVN, you will see the old scheme marked as "to be deleted upon commit" in your SVN client. – aloha Nov 22 '13 at 23:43
right answer in my case, choosing an executable was not an option since I was dealing with an extension. – Sagi Mann Dec 06 '16 at 09:53
Good Answer :) Thanks +1 – Rajamohan S Oct 03 '17 at 07:25

score 19 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 04 '14 at 13:16

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There are different solution to this problem. Two approaches that I have used are below :

Right-click on xcodeproj file. Select "show package contents". Now, delete everything inside the xcuserdata folder.
Select "Edit Schema". Executable section will have "none" in Info tab of window. Now select "ProjectName.app".

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answered Aug 04 '14 at 13:16

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really helped me – BharathRao Apr 13 '18 at 14:17

Christian Schlensker · Answer 6 · 2011-12-17T02:24:02.660

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Often times this can happen when some files change without xcode's blessing. As in when switching between version control branches. Usually restarting Xcode fixes that problem.

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answered Dec 04 '11 at 20:58

Christian Schlensker

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Yeah, I had read that. But restarting in my case never helped. – Nic Hubbard Dec 05 '11 at 05:00

score 9 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 10 '12 at 10:03

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None of the suggestions here worked for me, but what did was clicking the project in the sidebar, then under "iOS Application Target", toggle "Devices".

I was set to 'iPad'. I changed it to 'Universal' then back to 'iPad' and the Scheme corrected itself.

If it makes a difference, this is on a PhoneGap/Cordova project.

answered Jul 10 '12 at 10:03

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If the deployment target is higher than your phone (i.e. running on a developer's preview Xcode then switching back) then this process changes the deployment target which causes the message to disappear! Thanks – Rambatino Aug 29 '13 at 15:58

score 7 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 01 '12 at 08:32

If you are seeing this problem after you renamed your project, the actual issue is that the scheme has a container defined that refers to your old project name. You have to edit your scheme file also in a text editor and replace all the instances of the old project name with your new project name.

You've got to go through all the sub files in the project folder and replace the name of the old project with the new one to fix this issue. All the other work arounds listed in the other answers are just ways to force Xcode to do this for you.

score 7 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 06 '13 at 10:01

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If nothing above work then click project from side bar as shown in image at top then go to PROJECT then Build Settings then under Architectures change Supported Platforms from OSX to iOS.

Hope it will helps!

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answered Nov 06 '13 at 10:01

Mann

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This is the only thing that worked for me! Thank you – April Polubiec Jan 14 '20 at 19:36

score 7 · Answer 10 · answered Oct 21 '20 at 13:39

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Close Xcode entirely (Command + Q) and install the additional component solved the issue for me.

answered Oct 21 '20 at 13:39

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This worked for me when nothing else did. I restarted my computer as well – Michael Montalbano Oct 26 '20 at 02:54

score 6 · Answer 11 · answered Nov 15 '12 at 14:58

I got this issue when i created a project with Xcode 4.5 (iOS SDK 6) and opened it later with Xcode 4.2 (iOS SDK < 6). I solved this problem, Select target->Summary, under Deployment target, i set it to 5.0:

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Xcode 4.2 doesn't support iOS SDK 6.0, so i need to downgrade the deployment target, then i got my device in the scheme. Hope this help someone.

score 3 · Answer 12 · answered Apr 04 '12 at 15:37

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Select Edit Schema, you'll be having None in "Executeable", select your .app instead from the drop down menu, Hope it helps

answered Apr 04 '12 at 15:37

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score 3 · Answer 13 · answered Jun 22 '12 at 11:31

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Hi I got that issue a project I got it from a colleges.
I have solved it by Creating a "New Scheme" with project name.

Thanx,

answered Jun 22 '12 at 11:31

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score 3 · Answer 14 · answered Apr 19 '13 at 07:12

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Generally sample codes downloaded has such issue. These can be changed by changing Base SDK to Latest iOS from 'Build Setting' tab of your Project.

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answered Apr 19 '13 at 07:12

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score 3 · Answer 15 · answered Jan 13 '16 at 07:19

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I had this problem, and here is how i fixed it.

In "build Settings" change the "Supported Platforms" from "iphoneos" to "iOS". I don't know why, but it works for me.

answered Jan 13 '16 at 07:19

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score 2 · Answer 16 · answered Jul 12 '12 at 12:56

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Automatic settings validation solved this issue for me. ("Validate Settings" button)

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score 1 · Answer 17 · edited Oct 06 '12 at 12:28

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I solved this problem by setting the deployment target version to a lower or same version that the Xcode (iOS SDK) supports.

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score 1 · Answer 18 · answered Oct 23 '12 at 09:47

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in my case i had to change base SDK in project -> Build Settingd to latest ios sdk

answered Oct 23 '12 at 09:47

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score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Jun 14 '15 at 15:27

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I tried every suggested solution I could find on stackoverflow for this problem.

Eventually, I deleted the Xcode app and downloaded it again from the App Store. After installation, the simulators were back.

answered Jun 14 '15 at 15:27

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