Xcode 7.3 Couldn't load project

Question

I have done some changes in functionality throughout the day. After that I closed workspace and try to open it again it is showing Couldn't load project.

I've tried all solution available on stackoverflow but none worked. I'm using cocoa-pods in project.

Any other fix?

I guess your project file got corrupted, do you use any kind of versioning? — Sander Saelmans, May 06 '16 at 13:28
quit the xcode( cmd+q ) not just workspace and open it again! — Teja Nandamuri, May 06 '16 at 13:42
@SanderSaelmans : Yes versioning via CornerStone SVN. Can't we repair corrupt file? — Jayprakash Dubey, May 06 '16 at 13:43
@TejaNandamuri : Read question carefully...I've already done this. — Jayprakash Dubey, May 06 '16 at 13:43
once I messed up my pbxproj file. I had the same issue. if you have way to verify that. at least that would be out of options — Alok C, May 06 '16 at 13:44

Yusuf Kamil AK · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-28T11:11:07.380

It's an error when project.pbxproj failed to load the project for some reason.

Solution 1 -) Be sure that project.pbxproj file in project folder had not merge conflicts.

To do that, you can open it in a text editor. Then you need to look for interrupts like;

<<<<<<< HEAD

=======

>>>>>>> feature/...

After being sure conflicts are resolved, then you can go to source control and mark the conflicts resolved of the file (if you'd like to commit your resolved merge)

Solution 2 -) It can also be caused by missing fancy brackets in the same file that you may be familiar with JSON syntax. It generally happens due to wrong conflict resolutions.

Solution 3 -) If neither of the solutions above worked for you, you can ensure that you didn't delete something and corrupt the structure of project file by looking at the difference between your last correct project file in a branch and the current one. For my case, I generally solve the problem by checking if I deleted those lines by mistake.

    name = NameOfGroup;
    sourceTree = "<group>";
};

Solution 4 -) As a final solution, you may want to restore project.pbxproj file from a branch that it was not broken. Then, manually add references of recently added files to project.

Thanks @Yusuf. I found my solution by completing missing fancy brackets in the Project file. — Er. Vihar, May 13 '19 at 09:40
Your solution + https://github.com/Karumi/Kin helped me to get rid of this trouble. — JmLavoier, Dec 28 '20 at 21:40

score 18 · Answer 2 · answered May 06 '16 at 13:46

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i got same problem . i closed the project and reopened it .it worked for me.

answered May 06 '16 at 13:46

Mahendra Vishwakarma

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may be your project file corrupted.check it – Mahendra Vishwakarma May 09 '16 at 06:02

score 16 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 23 '17 at 08:51

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I had the same problem.

I first ran pod repo update. It takes a while to finish.
Then i ran pod install.
Open up your workspace and the problem should be fixed.

answered Feb 23 '17 at 08:51

Nick

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This at least show me where is the problem in `project.pbxproj`. – mrgloom Apr 03 '19 at 14:54

score 12 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 22 '17 at 12:38

It could be an issue with project.pbxproj file

I have solved this issue with this tools :

https://github.com/Karumi/Kin

After installation, i have performed a check :

See error was a bad merging on this error in project.pbxproj:

ERROR: line 451:2 missing ';' at 'D062826E1DE2F43300818438'

Because XCode does not give a lot of information about this error, i advice to you to check your .pbxproj to be sure to exclude this possibility

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 13 '19 at 02:29

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I had to upgrade Xcode before I could open the project (or any workspace containing it).

To know if you need to upgrade Xcode, try opening the project directly (rather than opening the workspace) and you should get the following error message:

The project at '/path/to/your.xcodeproj' cannot be opened because it is in a future Xcode project file format. Adjust the project format using a compatible version of Xcode to allow it to be opened by this version of Xcode.

answered Dec 13 '19 at 02:29

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Although your inputs are related to Xcode version but this problem was raised while using Xcode 7. The only solution was to resolve conflicts in project file. – Jayprakash Dubey Dec 13 '19 at 06:30

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 05 '19 at 10:44

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There were conflict in my .pbxproj, once i remove the conflict and it worked !

answered Aug 05 '19 at 10:44

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 06 '23 at 19:28

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None of solutions above helped, after restart mac everything was fine

answered Jul 06 '23 at 19:28

Evgeniy Kleban

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Xcode 7.3 Couldn't load project

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