nativescript-cli: TNS doctor doesn't recognize Xcode (High Sierra)

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When running tns doctor I get the following warning, even though Xcode is installed:

WARNING: Xcode is not installed or is not configured properly.
You will not be able to build your projects for iOS or run them in the iOS Simulator.
To be able to build for iOS and run apps in the native emulator, verify that you have installed Xcode.

When trying to run the setup script, after confirming that I have Xcode installed, I get the following error:

xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance
Xcode is not installed or not configured properly. Download, install, set it up and run this script again.

Which platform(s) does your issue occur on?

iOS

Please provide the following version numbers that your issue occurs with:

CLI: 3.2.1 (No other information as there’s no project yet)

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I’m on High Sierra with Xcode 9.0.1 (both are the latest versions to this date). I’ve followed the official guide: https://docs.nativescript.org/angular/start/ns-setup-os-x

After running tns doctor I get the warnings as described above.

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Created 7 years ago
Reactions: 5
Comments: 21 (2 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

fix: macOS installation docs - Bump required versions - Add notes to ensure Xcode build tools are installed, as suggested in [this issue](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/issues/3174... — committed to NativeScript/docs-v7 by dtopuzov 6 years ago

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HI @philipfeldmann

Can yhou please run xcodebuild -version and paste the output?

May be Xcode is installed, but build tools are not. If that is the case you can set them via xcode-select command or via UI of Xcode (Preferences -> Locations -> Command Line Tools).

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dtopuzov on Oct 22, 2017

try run this line:

sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

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pablothobias on Jun 7, 2018

This line worked for me sudo xcode-select --reset

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dondre on Sep 23, 2018

That solved my issue, thanks for your fast answer, the support you guys offer is great. Maybe it’d be a good idea to add this to the docs or the troubleshooting. Anyway thank you, much love.

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philipfeldmann on Oct 22, 2017

I faced the same problem and setting up the command line tools within XCode fixed it. Thanks a lot! Maybe you could add this hint to the installation instructions on the documentation site?

wern on Apr 4, 2018

I’m glad to hear problem is solved.

Re documentation: We will try to improve it, but if you notice something wrong you easily contribute. At the end of articles there is Improve this article button which will open the source of the article which you can modify and send pull request.

dtopuzov on Oct 23, 2017

Running the xcode-select on the command line did not help, but going into Xcode (Preferences -> Location -> Command Line Tools) did. Thank you.

iMac:node giulio$ xcodebuild -version
Xcode 10.1
Build version 10B61

troccoli on Feb 16, 2019

This solved the problem for me too!

marcus-hiles on Aug 14, 2018

This solved the problem for me, thank you!

soufianerafik on Jul 24, 2018