react-native: can not open developer menu , iOS

Control + Cmd + Z (Menu: Device | Shake ^⌘Z)

Selecting Hardware > Keyboard > Send Keyboard Shortcuts to Device fixed this issue for me

I had a similar issue though the shake gesture worked for me. Not sure this is the reason but it happened after upgrading xcode. And the reason seemed to be that the hardware keyboard was disconnected. When pressing SHIFT + COMMAND + K to connect the hardware keyboard the developer menu was reachable with COMMAND + D again.

or in menu:

I fixed mine by clicking in I/O > input and Send Keyboard input to Device

Control + Cmd + Z (Menu: Device | Shake ^⌘Z)

Jesus effing christ this took me way too long to find. It used to me Cmd+D on IOS was it not?! The devil in this whole thing is that Cmd+D still works sometimes and it’s just so incredibly frustrating but Ctrl+Cmd+Z works every time. Thank you!

Can you check you’re scheme is running in Debug mode, if you’re in Release mode you won’t be able to access the dev menu

I have the same issue, developer menu is not showing in iOS.

I can only fix it by removing use_frameworks in pods

me too, i finally removed use_frameworks! and the library that need use_frameworks!, then the developer menu come back

Control + Cmd + Z (Menu: Device | Shake ^⌘Z)

This worked, I was trying to do Cmd + D before. Although weirdly enough I noticed that if I do a screenshot first using Cmd + S then I can do Cmd + D after that to open the dev menu

Simulator => Device => Restart

Can you check your scheme is running in Debug mode, if you’re in Release mode you won’t be able to access the dev menu

For anyone not sure how to check this: see https://stackoverflow.com/a/28059831 - as of xcode 12.4 go to Product > Scheme > Edit Scheme, then in the Run vertical tab, Info horizontal tab, check Build configuration

How to reproduce:

1. react-native init Example --version 0.59.8
2. cd Example/ios
3. pod init
4. Change Podfile to the following:

platform :ios, '9.0'

target 'Example' do
  # I can't run with the following uncommented, get "ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64" error
  # use_frameworks!

  # Pods for Example
  pod 'React', :path => '../node_modules/react-native', :subspecs => [
    'Core',
    'CxxBridge',
    'DevSupport',
    'RCTActionSheet',
    'RCTAnimation',
    'RCTBlob',
    'RCTImage',
    'RCTLinkingIOS',
    'RCTNetwork',
    'RCTSettings',
    'RCTText',
    'RCTVibration',
    'RCTWebSocket',
  ]
  # Explicitly include Yoga if you are using RN >= 0.42.0
  pod 'yoga', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga'

  # Third party deps podspec link
  pod 'DoubleConversion', :podspec => '../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/DoubleConversion.podspec'
  pod 'glog', :podspec => '../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/glog.podspec'
  pod 'Folly', :podspec => '../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/Folly.podspec'

end

1. pod install
2. cd ../ && react-native run-ios

Dev menu shows with shake gesture but not with keyboard shortcut.

  React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 10.14.6
      CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4870HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz
      Memory: 869.09 MB / 16.00 GB
      Shell: 5.3 - /bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 10.15.3 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.15.3/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.17.3 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.15.3/bin/yarn
      npm: 6.11.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.15.3/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 12.4, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3
      Android SDK:
        API Levels: 25, 26, 27, 28
        Build Tools: 25.0.3, 26.0.3, 27.0.3, 28.0.3, 29.0.0
        System Images: android-25 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-26 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-27 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-27 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 3.4 AI-183.6156.11.34.5692245
      Xcode: 10.3/10G8 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      react: 16.8.3 => 16.8.3
      react-native: 0.59.8 => 0.59.8
    npmGlobalPackages:
      react-native-cli: 2.0.1
  

@KingAmo and others! Guys, its not good to fix dev menu accessibility this hardcore and unreliable way! I anyway need to use_frameworks as so other ones need as! So please anyone help to decide how to fix this WITHOUT removing use_frameworks keyword from pods

I had a similar issue though the shake gesture worked for me. Not sure this is the reason but it happened after upgrading xcode. And the reason seemed to be that the hardware keyboard was disconnected. When pressing SHIFT + COMMAND + K to connect the hardware keyboard the developer menu was reachable with COMMAND + D again.

or in menu:

This resolved my issue.

I have the same issue, developer menu is not showing in iOS.

I can only fix it by removing use_frameworks in pods