No simulators, properties file not found after upgrade to Xcode 9 and 1.4.0 (using LibGDX)

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Hello,

After not compiling/looking at the MOE part of our project since late 2017 (for various reasons), we would like to get back into our iOS port and finish it ASAP. It’s been a while since we last toyed with it, and in the meanwhile I moved from Xcode 8 to Xcode 9.

I followed the steps to upgrade MOE, changing the version to 1.4.0 and running ../gradlew moeUpdateXcodeSettings. I also ran ../gradlew clean and ../gradlew build, before finally opening the project in IntelliJ.

However, when editing the run configuration, I don’t have any simulators listed anymore :

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Even though obviously, in my Xcode, there are tons of simulators available. What am I missing ?

Also, when trying to run the project, I’m getting this error :

Execution failed for task ':ios-moe:moeLaunch'.
/path_to_the_project/ios-moe/build/moe/xcodebuild/XcodeBuild-main-debug-iphonesimulator.properties (No such file or directory)

Any idea what’s wrong ? Did I miss a step, is there some extra configuring to do ?

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(I have poor English)

Probably xcode build/signing error

may be able to get more info

(1)
create file

ProjectDir
+-- ios-moe
    +-- moe.remotebuild.properties

example

host=11.22.33.44
port=22
user=foo
identity=C:/moekey/ssh_priv_key.txt
knownhosts=C:/moekey/known_hosts
keychain.name=moeremotebuild.keychain
keychain.pass=bar
keychain.locktimeout=3600

(2)
ProjectDir> gradlew moeLaunch

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So I should create this file, right ? But what should I fill in instead of the values you gave ? As host, as identity, etc. Is there any doc about this file ?

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sorry. If use local xcode, the file seems unnecessary.

Is there not an error etc. with the following command?

./gradlew moeSDKProperties
./gradlew moeListSimulators
./gradlew moeLaunch
./gradlew moeLaunch -Pmoe.launcher.simulators=XXXXXXXXXXXX

https://github.com/multi-os-engine/moe-plugin-gradle#launch-task

example (device)

> gradlew moeListDevices

Connected iOS Devices:
- aabbcc0000000000000000000000000000000000

> gradlew moeLaunch -Pmoe.launcher.devices=aabbcc0000000000000000000000000000000000

“moe.remotebuild.properties” is Remote Build setting

https://github.com/multi-os-engine/moe-plugin-gradle#remote-server-settings
https://doc.multi-os-engine.org/multi-os-engine/3_getting_started/3_remote_build/remote_build.html

(no link, err: “new users can only put 2 links in a post.” )

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Thank you, running these commands helped me narrow down several issues.

First the moeListSimulators command returned errors, until I plugged my iPhone in my Mac, which unlocked all the simulators. I have no idea why they were “locked” before, but as soon as I plugged the iPhone in (it’s a brand new one) simulators started appearing in IntelliJ, and the command stopped returning an error. Weird, but at least that’s one thing solved.

When I try moeLaunch, with my device plugged in, it successfully starts trying to installing it on the phone. However, I get stuck at this step :

Installing:
- Upgrade@5% CreatingStagingDirectory
- Upgrade@15% ExtractingPackage
- Upgrade@20% InspectingPackage
- Upgrade@20% TakingInstallLock
- Upgrade@30% PreflightingApplication
- Upgrade@30% InstallingEmbeddedProfile
- Upgrade@40% VerifyingApplication
> Building 95% > :ios-moe:moeLaunch

It never goes past this step. Any idea ?

When I try the moeLaunch with -Pmoe.launcher.simulators=XXXXXX with one of the simulators, it successfully installed and started the app on a simulator, so yay ! That’s great :slight_smile:

However, it’s totally fucked on IntelliJ. Neither with device or with simulator is working, I think the configuration is just screwed actually. Whether I try with simulator or device, I get :

/path_to_my_app/ios-moe/build/moe/xcodebuild/XcodeBuild-main-debug-iphoneos.properties (No such file or directory)

Intellij runs this command :

/Users/maxime/Documents/Games/OneTap/gradlew moeLaunch -Pmoe.launcher.options=no-build,no-install-on-target,config:Debug -Pmoe.launcher.devices=afdf405747afad492d42274328b2d3b13e991775

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stuck at this step
VerifyingApplication

waiting for communication or process stop, or file system lock?
try,
unlock screen.
if exists, remove app from device.
iOS reboot.

XcodeBuild-main-debug-iphoneos.properties (No such file or directory)

Build errors or builds may be skipped.

try
./gradlew moeMainDebugIphoneosXcodeBuild
and Run using IntelliJ

IntelliJ Plugin (moe-ide-integration) may be 2 step.
(1) moeLaunch [no-launch, install-on-target] (build + install)
(2) moeLaunch [no-build, no-install-on-target] (launch only)

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Unfortunately, trying to unlock the screen or reboot iOS did not change anything (the app does not exist on the device). Maybe there’s something badly configured with the Xcode projet ? Or the iPhone maybe ? Although from what I see, next steps should be 50% - CreatingContainer and 60% - InstallingApplication, so maybe there’s something wrong with the code itself, preventing from verifying it ?

As for IntelliJ, actually the latest MOE Plugin update solved the issue. It was discussed in another thread, and I can confirm that it was a problem with the plugin itself and the latest versions of Intellij/Android Studio. So I updated it, and it finally works. However, trying to moeLaunch on my device results in infinite loading/building, which I guess corresponds to the precise “VerifyingApplication” step when I build in Terminal. So there’s definitely an issue there. Last one to solve !

Thanks again for helping and sticking with me :slight_smile:

EDIT : I finally got it sorted. I managed to run the app on my device directly via Xcode (simply by running it there), and then when I tried running it in terminal again, it did not get stuck on the VerifyingApplication and worked. Finally ! Everything is functional now, thanks again for the help :slight_smile: