Prior to iOS 26.0 we were able to download specific simulator runtimes from the command line by using a command like xcodebuild -downloadPlatform iOS -buildVersion 18.0 This is described in the documentation here. This no longer works for 26.x. If I run the following command: "xcodebuild -downloadPlatform iOS -buildVersion 26.0" it fails with the following error: "Finding content... iOS 26.0 is not available for download." If I omit the -buildVersion flag it will download the latest version, currently 26.2, but if I try and specify 26.2 as the buildVersion I still get "iOS 26.2 is not available for download". This behavior has been confirmed on Xcode 26.2. Perhaps related, it appears these runtimes are also no longer being made available for download on https://developer.apple.com/download/all

So I have a project with an Objective-C framework which has unit tests. One of the unit tests has a file 'sample.emlx' in its 'Resources' folder, which has its target membership set to the tests target. I expect this file to be copied into the correct place, such that I can find it (in the 'setup') method with: NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]]; NSString *path = [bundle pathForResource:@"sample" ofType:@"emlx"]; NSData *content = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:path]; NSString *entire = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:content.bytes]; _sample = [entire componentsSeparatedByString:@"\n"]; NSLog(@"sample lines: %d", (int)_sample.count); The idea is to make an array where I can pull various subsections of lines out to test various parts of the code. This works every time, if I set a breakpoint at the "create the NSBundle" line, and single-step through the code after right-clicking on the specific test method I want to run It never works if I just right-click on the specific test method I want to run and allow it to run freely. I will always see "sample lines: 0" This is with the latest public Xcode, I haven't tried any beta variant.

Hi everyone, I'm experiencing a persistent issue for months now where I'm unable to download the iOS 26 simulator Runtime. I've tried reinstalling Xcode and also Xcode Beta but same issue. iOS 26 Simulator is also not on developers download page, so manual installation is impossible. And sadly I can't compile any code without having iOS 26 simulator installed. Anyone able to get passed this? Hardware: M1 Pro OS: Tahoe 26.1 Heres the error Download failed. Domain: DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code: 41 User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2026-01-07 11:35:35 +0000"; } -- Download failed. Domain: DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code: 41 -- Failed fetching catalog for assetType (com.apple.MobileAsset.iOSSimulatorRuntime), serverParameters ({ RequestedBuild = 23C54; }) Domain: DVTDownloadsUtilitiesErrorDomain Code: -1 -- Download failed due to not being able to connect to the host. (Catalog download for com.apple.MobileAsset.iOSSimulatorRuntime) Domain: com.apple.MobileAssetError.Download Code: 60 User Info: { checkNetwork = 1; } -- System Information macOS Version 26.1 (Build 25B78) Xcode 26.2 (24553) (Build 17C52) Timestamp: 2026-01-07T12:35:35+01:00

I have created a virtualised Mac machine where I am running the latest Xcode version 16.4 with macOS Sequoia as the base image. While running XCTest tests, I am observing a clear difference in behaviour between virtualised and non-virtualised setups. Below is the command I am using to run the tests: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild -xctestrun /Users/ltuser/290103613/xcui.xctestrun -destination "platform=iOS Simulator,id=79A5F8CC-4A2E-4C91-895D-AE97E25CB824,arch=arm64,OS=18.0" test-without-building "-only-testing:ClassName/MethodName/testName" -derivedDataPath /Users/ltuser/290103613/Archive -verbose IDELogLevel=debug IDETestLogLevel=debug ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=YES Observed Issue On virtualised hosts: Every XCTest is executed twice This happens for both passed and failed tests The behaviour is consistent across all virtualised machines On non-virtualised (bare-metal) Macs: Tests execute only once, as expected Debugging Steps Taken Multiple destination suspicion Initially, I noticed the following warning: --- xcodebuild: WARNING: Using the first of multiple matching destinations: { platform:iOS Simulator, id:0FFB9082-94AB-4D0A-A731-CC4452BDD4E7, OS:17.0, name:iPhone 15 } { platform:iOS Simulator, id:0FFB9082-94AB-4D0A-A731-CC4452BDD4E7, OS:17.0, name:iPhone 15 } This raised suspicion that tests might be running twice due to multiple matching destinations. Destination narrowed down I then explicitly restricted the destination to a single simulator UDID, after which: The warning disappeared However, the issue still persists Tests continue to run twice on virtualised hosts Version Comparison Xcode 16.4 + macOS Sequoia (virtualised) → Tests run twice Xcode 15.x (same setup otherwise) → Tests run once Questions Has anyone else faced this issue with Xcode 16.x on virtualised macOS? Is this a known issue with Xcode 16 + Virtualisation? Is there any recommended workaround or configuration change to avoid duplicate test execution? I am currently blocked on this issue and would appreciate confirmation on whether this is an Xcode or virtualisation-related problem. Thank you.

The documentation of the NSPopover property hasFullSizeContent says that when it's true, you should Use the safeAreaLayoutGuide of the contentViewController view to ensure that your content is fully visible and doesn’t become clipped when displayed. I can do that by adding auto-layout constraints programmatically, but is there a way to do it in the xib? When I googled it, the AI summary begins To use safe areas in a Mac XIB (Interface Builder), enable the "Use Safe Area Layout Guides" checkbox in the File Inspector for your view but I have not found any non-AI indications that such a checkbox exists for macOS. (I'm using Xcode 26.2.)

hy! apple developer community! No, I have a problem that's driving me crazy: Multiple commands produce '/Users/giulia/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ScheduledStudy-dcmmhcdncitvfkdditbjoipfalqg/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/singintestwidgetExtension.appex/Info.plist'. Can you help me fix it? I know it's probably stupid, but I've been trying to fix it for days. There aren't two info.plist file, and that's why I don't quite understand. If you could help me, you'd be doing me a favor. Thanks for your time. P.S. I'm sorry, but I'm just starting out with programming and I'm also quite young.

I’m using macOS Tahoe 26, and Xcode is version 26.2. I’ve tried all the methods suggested online, but I still can’t download it. In addition, iOS 26.* and iOS 18.* simulators also fail to download. The error messages are shown below. Download failed. Domain: DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code: 41 User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2026-01-06 01:25:11 +0000"; } Download failed. Domain: DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code: 41 Failed fetching catalog for assetType (com.apple.MobileAsset.iOSSimulatorRuntime), serverParameters ({ RequestedBuild = 23C54; }) Domain: DVTDownloadsUtilitiesErrorDomain Code: -1 Download failed due to a general networking error. (Catalog download for com.apple.MobileAsset.iOSSimulatorRuntime) Domain: com.apple.MobileAssetError.Download Code: 47 User Info: { tryAgainLater = 1; } System Information macOS Version 26.0 (Build 25A354) Xcode 26.2 (24553) (Build 17C52) Timestamp: 2026-01-06T09:25:11+08:00

I am trying to list the providers on a managed Apple account using altool but I am getting an error. I am using the following command: xcrun altool --list-providers -u <apple-id> -p <app-specific-password> The error message indicates that a general error has occurred but does not specify what the root cause may be. 2026-01-05 11:13:29.272 ERROR: [altool.600001E6C1C0] Auth context delegate failed to get headers. Error Domain=ITunesConnectFoundationErrorDomain Code=1611 "Unable to generate an Apple Connect token at this time due to a general error" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Unable to generate an Apple Connect token at this time due to a general error} Failed to get providers. 2026-01-05 11:13:29.273 ERROR: [altool.600001E6C1C0] Unable to generate an Apple Connect token at this time due to a general error (1611) This command worked before the Apple ID was converted to a managed account. I have tried other managed accounts, as well as creating new app specific passwords but all fail with the same error. How can I accomplish this task with a managed Apple account?

Each time I try to launch Xcode 26, it immediately crashes in SourceEditorDataSource.ideChat_gracefullyApplyChangesToReflect. I'm now no longer able to use Xcode. A partial crash log attached. So far I've tried deleting derived data, rebooting, deleting ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode. What should I do? Thank you in advance for any help. crash-report.txt

I'm having a strange issue with my iOS app icon rendering in the App Store - it seems to be low-res and clipping part of the image. I updated the icon in Icon Composer to apply the liquid glass overlay for the new build. It looks fine on the device and the asset itself isn't corrupted. I think it might be a resolution issue since the small icon thumbnails in App Store Connect have the same problem, but they look fine when I click through to the larger preview. Has anyone else run into this and figured out a fix?

I've been going through different fixes for a few weeks and nothing seems to work. Prior to updating everything to iOS 26 and OS 26, everything worked normally except for the predictive code which wouldn't download. Download failed. Domain: DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code: 41 User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2026-01-02 23:41:12 +0000"; } Download failed. Domain: DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code: 41 Failed fetching catalog for assetType (com.apple.MobileAsset.iOSSimulatorRuntime), serverParameters ({ RequestedBuild = 23C54; }) Domain: DVTDownloadsUtilitiesErrorDomain Code: -1 Download failed due to a bad URL. (Catalog download for com.apple.MobileAsset.iOSSimulatorRuntime) Domain: com.apple.MobileAssetError.Download Code: 49 User Info: { checkConfiguration = 1; } System Information macOS Version 26.0 (Build 25A354) Xcode 26.2 (24553) (Build 17C52) Timestamp: 2026-01-02T16:41:12-07:00 What I've Tried Cleared caches Restarted my machine Reinstalled Xcode Installed other versions of Xcode Installed Xcode-beta Using a VPN Not using a VPN Changing DNS settings Using a different Wifi network Using an older machine Using an older OS I've run out of options and I have no idea what else to do. The issue every time seems to point back to Apple servers.

Trying to develop a little Watch app in Swift, and it's been kind of a miserable experience. I constantly get transport errors trying to connect to my watch. I've tried the trick of putting the Mac and the watch on my iPhone hotspot instead of just on the same WiFi network, but I am not sure that actually helps. I can run maybe once or twice, and then the transport error happens and it's very hard to get XCode to recognize the watch again. Also, when it DOES connect, it seems that XCode almost always loses the debugging connection (I just continue, and it IS actually running on the Watch at that point, but no debugger).

I'm trying to manage multiple Command Line Tools versions side-by-side (e.g., 16.2 and 26.2). I renamed the CLT directory to /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools-26.2.0 and set: xcode-select -s /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools-26.2.0 or DEVELOPER_DIR=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools-26.2.0 Both result in: c++: error: unable to find Xcode installation from active developer path "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools-26.2.0" It appears CLT only works at the fixed path /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools, unlike Xcode which can be at any location. Is this by design? Is there a supported way to use multiple CLT versions in parallel, similar to how multiple Xcode versions can coexist?

I'm trying to download an iOS Simulator runtime in Xcode 26.2 or 26.1 on macOS 26.1, but the download keeps failing with the following error: Download failed. Domain: DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code: 41 Failed fetching catalog for assetType (com.apple.MobileAsset.iOSSimulatorRuntime), serverParameters ({ RequestedBuild = 23C54;}) Domain: DVTDownloadsUtilitiesErrorDomain. Code: -1. Download failed due to a bad URL. (Catalog download for com.apple.MobileAsset.iOSSimulatorRuntime) Domain: com.apple.MobileAssetError.Download Code: 49 User Info: {checkConfiguration = 1;} macOS &amp; Xcode Info: macOS Version: 26.1 (Build 25B78) Xcode Version: 26.2 (24553) (Build 17C52) What I've tried so far: Formatted my Mac and reinstalled Xcode multiple times. Completely deleted Xcode and its related files several times (/Applications/Xcode.app, caches, preferences). Tried different internet connections from multiple locations. Checked Apple servers and verified network. Attempted downloading other simulator runtimes (fail). but download fails immediately with DVTDownloadableErrorDomain Code 41 and bad URL error. Question: How can I fix the simulator download issue in Xcode 26.2 on macOS 26.1? Is there a known workaround for the bad URL / catalog download error?

I set "show live issues", but in the Xcode 26.2 version, I defined an unused variable in the function. This variable does not trigger real-time warnings; it only alerts when the compilation is completed. What settings should I make to trigger an alert for unused variables in real time?

Hi, I am running build on ios 26.2 device, connected with cable (not wifi) and it crashes because files are not loaded or something. But when i turn off Debug Exetuble, it works just fine. Also, tried to run on ios 18.2 device, with Debug executable On - everything is ok, and breakpoints work. My guess, App crashes on reading and loading Assets and others app files like certificates. XCode run logs shows: **"Too many file errors". ** sample.txt xcode_run_logs.txt Also, exectued image list on lldb console, could not attach here, if needed i can add it with some url here.

I know this post isn't going to give a lot of details, but what I experienced tonight was so completely weird that I wanted to get it posted here in case others run into it: FIRST: All was well until I made a trivial change to a large Objective-C++ module. I suddenly got the idea to look at that line in the code review pane, to see if that area of code had ever had recent modifications. But, the entire module showed up as modified -- one giant change bar, with nothing on the right side of the code review pane, no matter what commit I selected. Then I noticed that the two lines of code which had all of 4 characters edited were no longer showing any change bars. Yet, the file showed up as "modified". Still, the exact line changes were not showing in the source code navigator, even though other files showed their changes. Note I'm connected to our remote repo on github. I did some command line git checks of the local repo, and the changes were there (as yet unstaged). So -- I figured, I'm gonna ask the Apple Coding Assistant what's up. And it gave some fantastic advice, especially on how to confirm the changes really were in the repo ready to stage and commit and push. Which I did. But despite following a couple hours of wonderful suggestions, I could never get the change bars back -- for this one specific file! (yes, the file was in the repo, and in the project -- everything seemed OK with the file itself -- nothing had changed in the project, which compiled and ran perfectly with my changes). SECOND -- suddenly, the AI assistant seemed to crash Xcode. When I went to re-run Xcode, it just crashed exactly the same. The crash log indicated "Xcode is crashing inside the IDEIntelligenceChat plugin while it’s trying to “apply changes” to a Source Editor buffer". Ultimately, I needed to restart Xcode holding down the SHIFT key. I could open other projects, but not the one I had been working on. So I turned OFF apple Intelligence (thanks, ChatGPT). That allowed me to launch. It sounds like some sort of corrupt Apple Intelligence chat logs and/or caches, which ChatGPT has given me extensive suggestions for deleting. I don't have the energy to attack that tonight -- I did an additional Time Machine backup and hope to take a closer look tomorrow. Ideally -- I'd rather NOT lose all my on-going coding assistant chats for this project -- I had some ongoing suggestions I was working on. But more concerning is the weirdness with changebars affecting this one 7,000 line .mm file. It doesn't seem like there's anything that should affect those change bars for ONE FILE that is in the repo and where changes can be seen from a git diff command line operation. If it's a bug -- I can live with it. But it's worrisome. Other than that, Xcode 26.2 has been running great! Unlike 26.1, which insisted on re-compiling all 600 files in my project every time I ran/debugged, 26.2 just does the 2-6 modified files -- a perfect incremental compile. I've saved HOURS of wasted unnecessary compilation since 26.2 was released.

Where is the +, which used to be in the top right of the Xcode menu for modifiers, views etc?

Hi, I’m facing a consistent simulator boot issue that appears to start after iOS 18.2 simulator runtimes and persists in 18.6, 26.1, and 26.2. Observed behavior iOS 18.2 simulator works fine iOS 18.6 simulator does NOT boot iOS 26.1 / 26.2 simulators do NOT boot Tried everything reinstall/clear cache and all and event formatted the system Unable to boot the Simulator NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code: 4 Failure Reason: Interrupted system call Failed to start launchd_sim: could not bind to session, launchd_sim may have crashed or quit responding macOS: Sequoia Xcode: 26.1, 26.2 Machine: Apple Silicon Unable to boot the Simulator. Domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code: 4 Failure Reason: Interrupted system call User Info: { DVTErrorCreationDateKey = "2025-12-26 02:19:27 +0000"; IDERunOperationFailingWorker = "_IDEInstalliP.honeSimulatorWorker", Session = "com apple CoreSimulator.SimDevice CCDECA56-4A59-491B-A830-0F3928FCD957"; } Failed to start launchd_sim: could not bind to session, launchd_sim may have crashed or quit responding Domain: com.apple.SimLaunchHostService.RequestError Code: 4 Event Metadata: com.apple. dt. DERunOperationWorkerFinished : { "device_identifier" = "CCDECAE6-4A59-491B-A830-0E3928FCD957"; "device_model" = "iPhone18, 1"; "device_osBuild" = "26.1 (23B86)"; "device_osBuild_monotonic" = 2301008600; "device_os_variant" = 1; "device_platform" = "com apple.platform.iohonesimulator"; "device_platform_family" = 2; "device_reality" = 2; "device_thinningType" = "iPhone18,1"; "device_transport" = 4; "launchSession_schemeCommand" = Run; "launchSession_schemeCommand_enum" = 1; "launchSession_targetArch" = arm64; "launchSession_targetArch_enum" = 6; "operation_duration_ms" = 1183; "operation_errorCode" = 4; "operation_errorDomain" = NSPOSIXErrorDomain; "operation_errorWorker" = "_IDEInstalliPhoneSimulatorWorker"; "operation_error_reportable" = 1; "operation_name" = IDERunOperationWorkerGroup; "param_consoleMode" = 1; "param_debugger_attachToExtensions" = 0; "param_debugger_attachToXPC" = 1; "param_debugger_type" = 3; "param_destination_isProxy" = 0; "param_destination_platform" = "com apple platform Please help on this as it got stuck. Thanks

Hi, I have started facing an issue with Xcode since updating to macOS 26.1. The debugger is not stopping at breakpoints in Objective-C code, however breakpoints in Swift file are working fine. I am using Xcode 16.4. For breakpoints in Objective-C files I have started to get this message since the OS update - 'Xcode won't pause at this breakpoint because it has not been resolved.' I have already tried cleaning derived data and build folder. I do not want to upgrade to Xcode 26. Could someone help with the fix? Thanks