Silent stop with no error message (xcode not properly configured)

[j796160836]

Here is reproduce step:

1. Rename xcode.app into others (e.g. xcode.app -> xcode10.app).
2. Run pod install with a project.

Example project:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1g7Wl0rBAP9n2SupH_ow1mNkBXkjwMf_A

3. Log message

🚀  Prebuild frameworks
Analyzing dependencies
Downloading dependencies
Installing Kingfisher (5.4.0)
Installing NVActivityIndicatorView (4.8.0)
Installing PromiseKit (6.8.4)
Installing lottie-ios (3.1.1)
Generating Pods project
Sending stats
Prebuild frameworks (total 4)
Prebuilding Kingfisher...

[!] Automatically assigning platform `ios` with version `12.1` on target `BinaryDemo` because no platform was specified. Please specify a platform for this target in your Podfile. See `https://guides.cocoapods.org/syntax/podfile.html#platform`.

As you see, it will pre-build first module then stopped silently.
It should be print some error message.

---

Why I found this bug?
xcrun: error: active developer path ("/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer") does not exist

$ pod env | egrep 'CocoaPods |Xcode|cocoapods-binary'
xcrun: error: active developer path ("/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer") does not exist
Use `sudo xcode-select --switch path/to/Xcode.app` to specify the Xcode that you wish to use for command line developer tools, or use `xcode-select --install` to install the standalone command line developer tools.
See `man xcode-select` for more details.
   CocoaPods : 1.7.5
       Xcode :  ()
cocoapods-binary      : 0.4.4
plugin "cocoapods-binary"

Run sudo xcode-select --switch path/to/Xcode.app and solve the problem.

[iOkay]

Have the sane issue with Xcode 11.

   CocoaPods : 1.8.0
    Ruby : ruby 2.6.3p62 (2019-04-16 revision 67580) [x86_64-darwin18]
    RubyGems : 3.0.4
     Host : Mac OS X 10.14.5 (18F132)
     Xcode : 11.0 (11A420a)

[zh-se]

have the same issue with XCode 10.3
This PR fixes the issue for me

if someone interested how to try it just add
gem "cocoapods-binary", :git => 'https://github.com/AliSoftware/cocoapods-binary.git', :branch => 'master'
to the Gemfile and then run bundle install

[cumanzor]

Have the sane issue with Xcode 11.

   CocoaPods : 1.8.0
    Ruby : ruby 2.6.3p62 (2019-04-16 revision 67580) [x86_64-darwin18]
    RubyGems : 3.0.4
     Host : Mac OS X 10.14.5 (18F132)
     Xcode : 11.0 (11A420a)

Same here. Can't build under Xcode 11 (and need to build with the Swift 5.1 compiler) and can't see the actual error. The PR mentioned by @zh-se doesn't work under Xcode 11 either.

[cstlex]

I know this makes no sense.
But right after pods gets installed, there is Pods.xcodeproj in Pods/_Prebuild.
Leaving that project opened bypasses this error.

[j796160836]

I encounter another silent error.
This time, I have no clue to fix that. 🤷‍♂️

Please verbose the error. 😓

[mrRedSun]

Any upadate on this? @leavez

[rinov]

Have the same issue on Xcode11.
but I tried creating a new project and using same Podfile, it'll be generated a framework correctly. 🤔

[rogerluan]

So, this issue was only happening on my mac. We tested in other 5+ macs, and they all worked fine.
First of all I did this: #97 (comment)

Using that branch makes it so that the issue is not silent anymore, I started getting logs out of it. The issue was that the precompiler kept trying to build the frameworks using an invalid destination. I deleted the invalid destination from my mac until it automatically selected a valid one, and it then it worked.

I don't know why it kept choosing an invalid one, though.

My error specifically looked like this:

Prebuilding AFNetworking...
Build settings from command line:
    ARCHS = x86_64
    ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH = NO
    SDKROOT = iphonesimulator13.1

2019-11-14 11:48:51.517 xcodebuild[30445:5940954]  DTDeviceKit: deviceType from 20331b68eb33596d00c627b3ac40510ada209d4a was NULL
2019-11-14 11:48:52.005 xcodebuild[30445:5940901] [MT] DTDeviceKit: deviceType from 20331b68eb33596d00c627b3ac40510ada209d4a was NULL
2019-11-14 11:48:52.018 xcodebuild[30445:5940901] [MT] DTDeviceKit: deviceType from 20331b68eb33596d00c627b3ac40510ada209d4a was NULL
xcodebuild: error: Unable to find a destination matching the provided destination specifier:
		{ id:EA278AF1-9DE6-4395-A6DB-1F60970FA4A1 }

	Available destinations for the "AFNetworking" scheme:
		{ platform:macOS, arch:x86_64, variant:Mac Catalyst, id:20C84695-122C-55DB-A00B-ABA704D08806 }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:4BDA10B6-220F-4917-B03B-6F5CC75A9CC0, OS:13.1, name:iPad Air (3rd generation) }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:348672D6-BED2-4EC6-97C4-BB768A38580E, OS:13.1, name:iPad Pro (9.7-inch) }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:13D8572C-CAA8-4D1B-9277-A781938E61E2, OS:13.1, name:iPad Pro (11-inch) }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:48491CD1-E116-49DF-A075-E707F8ED6EA9, OS:13.1, name:iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (3rd generation) }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:C404713E-8D49-4F34-8E3F-E467F8B517A7, OS:10.3.1, name:iPhone 7 }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:C09929CF-0F1F-4724-B26F-04471E0C2523, OS:10.3.1, name:iPhone 7 Plus }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:6C0E75E6-6CB7-4AD5-B0FE-7CBCE4FEE144, OS:11.1, name:iPhone 8 }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:44949F35-2C8A-4F98-B0B5-6E4F4AD184EF, OS:13.1, name:iPhone 8 }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:35FEF23F-EDD9-4208-820F-9A3655B1A0E7, OS:11.1, name:iPhone 8 Plus }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:F50B879F-5ED5-4526-881A-4643EDB9C247, OS:12.2, name:iPhone 8 Plus }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:5FDE7271-591A-43D0-A2E2-640628FA6B0B, OS:13.1, name:iPhone 8 Plus }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:E1E211FE-708E-440E-950B-12B0F2B28A11, OS:13.1, name:iPhone 11 }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:BF60AB15-D5C9-495F-86B8-3C64C268F1C1, OS:13.1, name:iPhone 11 Pro }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:4033A8DF-5FCB-44BC-8E99-7CCE03AD3487, OS:13.1, name:iPhone 11 Pro Max }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:E12DD715-CF3A-4609-B909-0B008727B98A, OS:10.3.1, name:iPhone SE }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:B4A6FF4D-4BB4-4456-8426-A93DD5253D23, OS:11.1, name:iPhone SE }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:4AAE5E9F-4809-405A-AD9C-F2A57D107CAF, OS:11.1, name:iPhone X }

	Ineligible destinations for the "AFNetworking" scheme:
		{ platform:iOS, id:dvtdevice-DVTiPhonePlaceholder-iphoneos:placeholder, name:Generic iOS Device }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:dvtdevice-DVTiOSDeviceSimulatorPlaceholder-iphonesimulator:placeholder, name:Generic iOS Simulator Device }

So as you can see, it says

xcodebuild: error: Unable to find a destination matching the provided destination specifier:

I just opened Xcode device manager and deleted that given simulator.

Hope this helps someone.

[osfalt]

It looks like bug in plugin. Guys, try to remove all old simulator runtimes from /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes, e.g. iOS 9.3.simruntime.
It helps for me, because I use deployment target 10.0 in my project.

[mikumi]

I can also confirm this PR fixes the issue:
https://github.com/AliSoftware/cocoapods-binary

how to install:

gem uninstall cocoapods-binary # Uninstall old version first
git clone https://github.com/AliSoftware/cocoapods-binary
cd cocoapods-binary
bundle install
gem build cocoapods-binary.gemspec
gem install cocoapods-binary-0.4.4.gem

[atelaich]

Hi @mikumi was the PR merged to #101 ? please confirm.

[rogerluan]

@atelaich I don't understand your question, #101 is an issue, not a PR, so the fix pointed by @mikumi message couldn't have been merged to #101 🤔

The fix described is open in this PR #73 and it's still open.

I can attest that those changes fixed the issue for me in the project I work on. We've been using it in production for nearly a year now 👍
You can use it alongside bundle by adding this to your Gemfile:

gem 'cocoapods-binary', github: 'AliSoftware/cocoapods-binary', branch: 'master'

[atelaich]

@rogerluan thanks for clarification. I wanted to ask if its merged to master. Never mind i got the answer.