appium: could not determine ios sdk version
The problem
error: Could not determine iOS SDK version
info: [debug] Error: Command failed: /bin/sh -c xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-version
at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:744:12)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
at maybeClose (child_process.js:1008:16)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1080:5)
info: [debug] Responding to client with error: {“status”:33,“value”:{“message”:“A new session could not be created. (Original error: Command failed: /bin/sh -c xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-version\n)”,“cause”:{“killed”:true,“code”:null,“signal”:“SIGTERM”,“cmd”:“/bin/sh -c xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-version”},“isOperational”:true,“killed”:true,“code”:null,“signal”:“SIGTERM”,“cmd”:“/bin/sh -c xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-version”,“origValue”:“Command failed: /bin/sh -c xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-version\n”},“sessionId”:null} info: <-- POST /wd/hub/session 500 10039.177 ms - 525
error: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Command failed: /bin/sh -c xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-version
Environment
- Appium version with issue: 1.4.13 and i updated to 1.5.3 to check if it is solved
- Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable): NA
- Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: OS X el Capitan 10.11.5
- Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): v0.12.0
- Mobile platform/version under test: ios 9.3
- Real device or emulator/simulator: simulator iphone5 9.3
- Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe:
Details
I am trying to run my maven tests on a simulator and at times it wouldn’t launch and give me this error i tried different solutions provided in previous answers like checking “use native instruments libarary” in the advanced ios tab, or check “use external nodejs binary” in developer settings, or resetting the simulator or restarting my machine and at times it works but this time i did all these and it still gives the same error Can you please explain to me what is the reason for this error and what is the correct way to solve it?
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 8 years ago
- Comments: 29 (10 by maintainers)
Execute 2 commands sudo /usr/bin/xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-version
Second command should retun the version of SDK. Then restart appium. This solved my problem
The problem solved for me by doing these 2 commands:
sudo /usr/bin/xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developerxcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-versionLike mentioned above.
I got this error while installing the iOS app on AWS Device Farm. Did anyone have the same issue there, or on some other device farm, and maybe know how to fix it?
Got temporary solution - Updated Setting > Advanced > BackEnd Retries to 5 than its starts working
In a terminal window what happens when you run
xcrun --sdk iphonesimulator --show-sdk-version?