Could not automatically select an Xcode project

Question

When i type "pod install" in a correct directory I always get this

Analyzing dependencies

[!] Could not automatically select an Xcode project. Specify one in your Podfile like so:

    project 'path/to/Project.xcodeproj'

podfile

platform :ios, '8.0'
use_frameworks!

target 'Posting' do
pod 'ALCameraViewController'

end

I'm in the project directory where Podfile can be found.

@kvra13: Whether your project have a target named "Posting" ? Check by removing the target line and end line — Midhun MP, Jun 19 '16 at 14:57
In my case it was '2 `.xcodeproj` files' in the project directory (i manually renamed files :( and then did `git clean -f -d` => ended up '2 `..xcodeproj` files' in the project directory) — MD TAREQ HASSAN, Dec 12 '19 at 02:03

score 176 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '17 at 13:21

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I had an old .xcodeproj-file in my folder, so there was 2 of them. I removed the old one and it works!

answered Jan 18 '17 at 13:21

ullstrm

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I was left with an old .xcodeproj file after an attempted rename followed by discarding all changes in git. I guess the project file stuck around. – Justin Vallely Oct 30 '17 at 22:53
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XCode generated a ._*.xcodeproj file, while failing to open without the `pod install`, so that needed to be deleted first. – duckbrain Feb 02 '18 at 23:05
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Damn! If it wasn't for this answer I'd be here all day. Today I accidentally renamed the project and renaning it back didn't remove the new .xcodeproj. Being ignored by git didn't help as I had no idea it stayed there. When I read your answer it "clicked". Thank you very much. – Nuno Gonçalves Oct 18 '18 at 14:03
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Ok, this saved my butt. I somehow got another project's .xcodeproj file in my project's folder. Once I deleted that the pod update works again. Thank you! (Voted) – Duncan C Jul 23 '19 at 19:12

score 20 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '17 at 10:15

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Add your Podfile to project line for Specify project path

target 'MyGPSApp' do
  project 'FastGPS'
  ...
end

details: https://guides.cocoapods.org/syntax/podfile.html#project

answered Feb 23 '17 at 10:15

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score 16 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 03 '17 at 13:22

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platform :iOS, '8.0'
use_frameworks!

target 'Posting' do
project 'projectpath/project.xcodeproj'
pod 'ALCameraViewController'
end

answered Apr 03 '17 at 13:22

dllnboy

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Any comments, what is it for ? – Irf Apr 03 '17 at 13:27

score 15 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 10 '20 at 17:08

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Mistakenly added two .xcodeproj file in the project folder.

This is why pod did not decided which one he will work for. I simply delete the unnecessary xcodeproj file from the project.

Now Solved

answered Jul 10 '20 at 17:08

Shourob Datta

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That's what solved it for me too. Some leftovers from an app rename. – philk Mar 15 '21 at 15:41

score 12 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 21 '16 at 18:23

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This happened to me, I had my "podfile" in the subfolder and not the main directory, e.g., ~/MyProject/MyProject/podfile instead of ~/Myproject/podfile

Hope this helps!

answered Dec 21 '16 at 18:23

Sharukh Mastan

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score 7 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 25 '19 at 06:15

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It is taking single declaration for each target. Add line at top of the file after platform:

project '<Project>.xcodeproj'

target '<Project>' do
 #bla bla bla
end

target '<Project>-tvOS' do
 #bla bla bla
end

answered Sep 25 '19 at 06:15

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score 6 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 11 '20 at 15:30

For me below solution worked

Since Podfile and .xcodeproj is at same level, I added project 'oceanview.xcodeproj' at top of the file.

So my podfile looks like below,

platform :ios, '9.0'
project 'abc.xcodeproj' #added this line
target 'abc' do
end

then run command pod install

score 4 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 27 '18 at 06:24

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I had 2 files with .xcodeproj along with 1 .xcworkspace, inside my project folder. I deleted one and problem got resolved.

In my case, I removed the one whose size was zero bytes.

answered Feb 27 '18 at 06:24

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Blazej SLEBODA · Answer 9 · 2019-03-15T15:55:58.283

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I have got this error when I have moved my repo to an external drive.

My solution was to move the repository to the main drive.

edited Mar 15 '19 at 15:55

answered Jun 21 '18 at 19:03

Blazej SLEBODA

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Could I move my repo to an external drive to build a Xcode project because of my poor low space MacBook air? – Shrdi Jun 16 '20 at 15:17
try it. It didn't work for me but it was almost one year ago and maybe this subject have been addressed in newer Cocoapods versions – Blazej SLEBODA Jun 16 '20 at 16:02

score 3 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 22 '19 at 19:55

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Oddly I had 2 .xcodeproj files in the same directory . I think i duplicated one. It showed up in the workspace as red, When I removed one it worked fine .

answered Feb 22 '19 at 19:55

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score 3 · Answer 11 · answered Jan 20 '20 at 16:39

To address this, you'll need to add the correct path to your project.xcodeproj. Having this one fixed, It's very likely you'll need to provide the path to your project.xcworkspace. The code below addresses both issues.

target 'your-app-bundle-name' do

platform :ios, '8.0'
workspace 'path/to/your/project.xcworkspace/'
project 'path/to/your/project.xcodeproj/'

pod 'ALCameraViewController'

end

score 3 · Answer 12 · answered Feb 22 '22 at 03:09

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If you're working off an external drive, you might have to run dot_clean path/to/working/directory on macos, or rm ./._* in the working directory for linux, to remove any temporary files starting with ._ that might have been created as backup.

answered Feb 22 '22 at 03:09

Praise

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This did the trick for me, thank you! For me it happened when I changed my source control with XCode open, which seems to have left hidden files in that folder which were messing things up! – Jason Masters May 31 '22 at 18:38
This works for me. Because I have the issue since I move my working directory to external ssd. Thank you !!! – Isma Rekathakusuma May 09 '23 at 04:19

score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Mar 05 '18 at 07:22

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I had this issue when I accidentally deleted '.xcodeproj' file.

answered Mar 05 '18 at 07:22

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score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Dec 03 '18 at 13:14

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You should specific project path inside pod file

platform :ios, '8.0'
   use_frameworks!

   project 'PATH_TO_PROJECT/YOUR_PROJECT_NAME.xcodeproj'
    target 'Posting' do
    pod 'ALCameraViewController'

end

answered Dec 03 '18 at 13:14

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score 1 · Answer 15 · answered Dec 26 '18 at 11:51

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I had my project stored in the Icloud and when I moved it to my desktop, the terminal found the project and allowed me to install the POD.

answered Dec 26 '18 at 11:51

Charlie

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score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Mar 28 '19 at 16:03

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I solved the problem as follows new Podfile

pod init
pod install

answered Mar 28 '19 at 16:03

Sasha Tsvigun

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score 1 · Answer 17 · edited Feb 25 '20 at 03:29

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This seems to be an issue with an additional file being added to Xcode. In case you are trying to troubleshoot, it makes sense to look at any additional files you may have added. Either on Xcode or directly in your file.

In my case it was this: /node_modules/react-native-gesture-handlers/ios/RNGestureHandler

After deleting this I hit pod install, and it worked fine.

edited Feb 25 '20 at 03:29

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answered Feb 24 '20 at 22:49

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score 1 · Answer 18 · answered Oct 30 '22 at 14:00

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project '/Users/macw/Documents/IOS Projects/Test-Demo/Test-Demo.xcodeproj'

target “Test-Demo” do pod 'AMapLocation' end

I did, and then the problem was solved.

answered Oct 30 '22 at 14:00

ewq qwe

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score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Jul 06 '16 at 18:40

Did you include the entire ALCameraViewController repository in your project folder? I did that initially, and I got the same error. Go back to the repo and follow the README.md file step by step.

If you did include the entire repo, I would also advise to remove all the folders that you included in your project that came from the ALCameraViewController repo. Then try to install the repo in the Podfile again, the error should be gone.

score 0 · Answer 20 · answered Dec 19 '17 at 08:09

I had the Same problem , i solved it by moving the podfile to the main project folder , in your case : 1- move the pod file to 'Posting' folder , in which there are 'Posting' subfolder and 'Posting.xcodeproj' file
2- re run the ' pod install ' command. 3- enjoy

score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Feb 09 '18 at 12:00

I had the same issue, the problem was in that my project folder was synchronized with iCloud and .xcodeproj wasn't fully loaded from it. It was visible in Finder but not visible in Terminal. The solution was to open/close .xcodeproj and try "pod install" again

score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Mar 04 '18 at 17:30

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I had a conflict because we were working in a team and I had a manifest.lock file under my pods directory that I had to remove and then run the pod install command and it worked :)

answered Mar 04 '18 at 17:30

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score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Jun 12 '18 at 18:24

This happened to me too. We use git. And often change branches. While I changing a branch, some bug in Xcode made the project file lose its name. I did clean and changed branches or pull again. The Xcode project file was restored. But the old file with the missing name was still in there. This is not detected by git, if you try to do a pod update with this file in there, It will file. Delete this file or make sure you have only xcode proj file. This should fix it

score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Mar 07 '21 at 23:26

For the newer versions of xcode (ie 12.4 and above), use this target instead:

  post_install do |installer|
   installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
   target.build_configurations.each do |config|
   config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '10.0'
  end
 end
end

NOTICE that for this solution we are using version 10.0 as our target. Good luck

score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Oct 21 '21 at 17:44

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Remove the Pod/ folder and run 'pod install' again.

answered Oct 21 '21 at 17:44

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score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Feb 10 '22 at 20:32

In my case project folder I was trying to run my project from was located in my usb, I moved the project from usb to Desktop also my project folder name was huge which I changed to concise like this

/Users/Untitled/abcxyz-123123/abcxyz-123123/

after that I changed it to

/Users/username/XYZ/

after that I ran 'pod install' and it worked!

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