Xcode 4 - Debug Area no longer shows my console output (NSLog)

Question

My NSLog messages no longer show up in my Debug Area. Anyone have an idea how the could have happened?

I can hit command-7 to bring of a list of logs in the left pane, select the latest one and view it in my editor window, but it is extremely annoying compared to having the console output in the debug area.

Check https://stackoverflow.com/a/42826227/3063226 – Heitor Nov 16 '17 at 02:42 — Heitor, Nov 16 '17 at 02:42
This is so dang silly. Apple hates developers. – Andrew Koster Oct 16 '20 at 17:23 — Andrew Koster, Oct 16 '20 at 17:23

score 49 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 12 '16 at 12:29

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I had the same issue. Below are fix for this :

You console may be hidden. Press Show the console button present in right corner (blue coloured when console is open).
You may be displaying Debugger or Target output. Select All Output (Checkmark is displayed when selected).

a. Open Xcode preference (shortcut: cmd + ,).

b. Select Behaviours tab from pop-up.

c. From the Build sections select Succeeds.

d. Enable Show debugger with Current Views.

e. Select Console View from the drop-down list.

answered Jan 12 '16 at 12:29

Jayprakash Dubey

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You saved my life. I foolish i was. – Saurabh Padwekar Jan 02 '18 at 07:18
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Such a lifesaver! I've attempted to fix this before, but never found your answer until now. The All Output thing was the solution. I guess debugger is about things that the **debugger output** prints for you through `po` `p`, etc. **Target output** is simply things that you print through the actual code itself. To test this, simply change the output and you'll see – mfaani May 07 '18 at 20:58

score 35 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '11 at 03:39

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Not sure but may be you have clicked on one of the three buttons at the top right corner of the debug area that are used to either show only variables view, only the console or both.

answered Apr 18 '11 at 03:39

Ashish Awaghad

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I don't know why I didn't click it for the heck of it, but that certainly didn't look to me like it would have helped :) – Apr 18 '11 at 21:51
I'm guessing those buttons aren't there any more in newer versions of XCode? – Flimm Apr 07 '16 at 14:06
there are only two now – Ashish Awaghad Apr 10 '16 at 10:47

Vaibhav Saran · Answer 3 · 2016-06-03T07:22:19.350

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if you want to display Debug area always, then follow these steps:

Goto XCode > Preferences > Behaviors > Succeeds >
Check checkbox of Show tab named
Type DEBUG in the textbox next to Show tab named
select separate window in dropdown next to Textbox
Now click checkbox before debugger with and select Console View in the dropdown

Now when you will run our app, console window will popout itself.

And shortcut key for this is command+shift+y

edited Jun 03 '16 at 07:22

answered Feb 22 '12 at 05:22

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There is no such thing as '**Show debugger with**' in Xcode 7.3. – IgorGanapolsky Jun 02 '16 at 18:03
No, it is available in XCode 7.3. Still updating my answer. – Vaibhav Saran Jun 03 '16 at 07:26
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Yes, it is there. Check this one. http://s33.postimg.org/kezllrg0v/exmple.png **Show** is separated from **Debugger With**. click on the checkbox to enable **Show** – Vaibhav Saran Jun 03 '16 at 12:33
Yes, please do as he instructed. I can see the debugger output on console. – bruce Nov 11 '16 at 07:22
Also, the Answer #4 below ok. – bruce Nov 11 '16 at 07:41

score 11 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 04 '14 at 23:29

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For me, the answer is to 'activate console'

Go to view -> Debug Area -> Activate Console

answered Apr 04 '14 at 23:29

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score 9 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 04 '16 at 06:53

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For Xcode 8

I set OS_ACTIVITY_MODE to disable to hide crazy logging message in simulator. But it will also hide NSLog output on my iPhone SE device (print function in swift still works). Remove the environment variable makes NSLog work again.

answered Oct 04 '16 at 06:53

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This was driving me insane for 2 hours! Apple always has to "add" something to "help" us. – jovanjovanovic Nov 29 '16 at 11:15
Go to "Edit Scheme -> Run -> Arguments" and make sure the `OS_ACTIVITY_MODE` environment variable is not set – diachedelic Apr 10 '19 at 02:28

score 9 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 18 '11 at 05:28

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You have a few choices:

In the menus, select View -> Show Debug Area.
In the View selection controller in the upper right, enable the bottom view (the one in the middle).
If you'd like this to show automatically, go to Preferences -> Behaviors. Select "Run Starts" and enable "Show" Debug Area.

answered Apr 18 '11 at 05:28

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View --> Debug Area --> Activate Console worked for me – darkheartfelt Mar 02 '15 at 21:29

score 5 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 15 '12 at 16:59

I had an iOS universal app that would show debugger output for the iPhone version, but not for the iPad version.

I looked into editing the schemes ( commandSHIFT, ) and the iPad scheme had a different debugger than the iPhone scheme. I changed the iPad scheme's debugger to match the iPhone's (from LLDB ---> GDB)

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score 5 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 23 '13 at 11:40

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Make Sure that in your Debugger Area >> Debugger Bar you have Selected ALL OUTPUT

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answered Aug 23 '13 at 11:40

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score 4 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 24 '15 at 04:44

Took me a while to figure this out... Here's a screenshot of Xcode 6.1.1. Make sure you have chosen All output at 1 and activated the output pane in 2. Somehow the output pane suddenly was gone for me and I just didn't see the icons at the bottom for like 2 hours.

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score 3 · Answer 10 · edited May 11 '17 at 00:19

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For me, "Debug Executable" in Scheme Settings (Product-->Scheme-->Edit Scheme: Run) had been unchecked.

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edited May 11 '17 at 00:19

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Iván Yoed · Answer 11 · 2020-11-07T18:52:12.313

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On an 12.1 Xcode version you can do either:

Option 1: View > Debug Area > Activate Console

Option 2: Shift + cmd + c (to activate console)

Option 3: (if your console is already activated) Shift + cmd + y

Here is a picture for you:

picture that shows menus and options

edited Nov 07 '20 at 18:52

answered Nov 07 '20 at 18:45

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score 3 · Answer 12 · answered Nov 02 '11 at 18:15

Just confirm that you have Xcode open with similar rights as you have the ownership of the files you are trying to build/run and also make sure you have same rights to the build directory. I noticed Xcode won't show any debug output if rights were mismatched. I figured this after facing so much harassment. When this happened, utilities>console was still showing logs. I used that as a workaround.

Mine is: Xcode 4.2 Build 4D199 on OS X 10.7.2

score 2 · Answer 13 · edited Aug 06 '12 at 13:56

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If you don't have anything displaying in the logs, the log view will unselect itself and not display itself. You could add a printf and verify this.

edited Aug 06 '12 at 13:56

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answered Aug 06 '12 at 01:50

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