Xcode Could not locate device support files

Question

As i am trying to run my application from newly updated Xcode 8 to my iPhone 4 which is running iOS 7 1 2 It throws below error   And  this is my Xcode version   Has anyone faced this issue before  Awaiting for your suggestions

User · Answer

This error is shown when your XCode is old and the related device you are using is updated to latest version. First of all, install the latest Xcode version.

We can solve this issue by following the below steps:-

Open Finder select Applications
Right click on Xcode 8, select "Show Package Contents", "Contents", "Developer", "Platforms", "iPhoneOS.Platform", "Device Support"
Copy the 10.0 folder (or above for later version).
Back in Finder select Applications again Right click on Xcode 7.3, select "Show Package Contents", "Contents", "Developer", "Platforms", "iPhoneOS.Platform", "Device Support" Paste the 10.0 folder

If everything worked properly, your XCode has a new developer disk image. Close the finder now, and quit your XCode. Open your Xcode and the error will be gone. Now you can connect your latest device to old Xcode versions.

Thanks

User · Answer

Same issue  go to App Store and update Xcode

User · Answer

Having the same exact issue with iOS 10 3 and Xcode 8 2 1  I m not going to download the new Xcode beta just to fix this  Come on Apple    To anyone reading this  you have to go to https   developer apple com download  and get the latest version  which might even be the beta  if the stable release doesn t work    In the future  I would be aware if you update iOS on your devices you may break Xcode iOS version so update wisely if you want to keep testing on it without jumping through hoops that Apple makes

User · Answer

Download  amp  mount http   adcdownload apple com Developer Tools Xcode 7 3 1 Xcode 7 3 1 dmg I was first wandered if it could be mounted directly through hdiutil attach and looks like it could but not for everyone s accounts  Open to see its content and copy Contents Developer Platforms iPhoneOS platform DeviceSupport 7 1 to same path into Xcode application directory  Restart Xcode

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Actually  there is a way  You just need to copy DeviceSupport folder for iOS 7 1 from Older Xcode to the new one  It s located in       Applications Xcode app Contents Developer Platforms iPhoneOS platform DeviceSupport 7 1   If you don t have the 7 1 files anymore  you can download a previous version of XCode on https   developer apple com download more   extract it  and then copy these files to following path      Applications Xcode app Contents Developer Platforms iPhoneOS platform DeviceSupport    Credit

User · Answer

If you have XCode 8 1 and iOS 10 2  update XCode manually to 8 2 1  For some reason App Store didn t offer this update

User · Answer

You need device support from previous version of Xcode  7 3 1    I would recommend to use this tool  https   github com KrauseFx xcode-install  When you install Xcode 7  you should link support files to Xcode 8   sudo ln -s  Applications Xcode-7 3 1 app Contents Developer Platforms iPhoneOS platform DeviceSupport 7      Applications Xcode app Contents Developer Platforms iPhoneOS platform DeviceSupport

User · Answer

I have Xcode 10 1 and I can not run my application on my device with 12 2 iOS version   The easiest solution for me was    Go with finder at Xcode location Right Click -  Show Package Contents Contents -  Developer -  Platforms -  iPhoneOS platform -  DeviceSupport Here you find a list of supported version  Choose the most recent one and copy In my case was 12 1  16B91   Paste in the same folder DeviceSupport  and call it with the version you need  In my case was 12 2  16E227   Close Xcode if you have it open Reconnect device if it was connected Open Xcode and build   If this trick does not working  you have to get the versions from the new Xcode version   But you can try  saves a lot of time  Good luck   EDIT  Or you can download your needed device support from here  https   github com iGhibli iOS-DeviceSupport tree master DeviceSupport

User · Answer

I had a similar problem because the app store version was missing iOS 10 1 support in Xcode 8 and they haven t rolled an update yet  This caused the  Xcode  Could not locate device support files  problem   You can download the latest update https   developer apple com download  and it is more current and supports iOS 10 1  14B72c

User · Answer

Here is the correct way of handling support errors from Xcode  All you have to do is add support to Xcode s DeviceSupport folder   Open this link  extract the zip and copy the folder  https   github com mspvirajpatel Xcode Developer Disk Images releases tag 12 3 1  NOTE  A new version of iOS 13 0 beta recently released  If your Xcode throws iOS 13 0 support files needed  then click the link below   https   github com amritsubedi iOS-Developer-Disk-Image blob master 13 0 zip  Then  go to Applications - gt  Xcode  Right click and open Show Package Contents  Then  paste to Contents - gt  Developer - gt  Platforms - gt  iPhoneOS platform - gt  DeviceSupport and restart Xcode   Note  If you have a problem with any other version of iOS  then download the right iOS Developer Disk Image and paste it in the above-mentioned folder   This will work

User · Answer

In case of getting  Could not locate device support files  after your device iOS version has been updated and your Xcode is still old version  just copy old SDK under new name and restart Xcode  Open your terminal and do following     cd  Applications Xcode app Contents Developer Platforms iPhoneOS platform DeviceSupport    cp -rpv  10 3 1    14E8301    11 2 1   Restart Xcode and it will most probably work

User · Answer

Get latest iOS-device-support-files  GitHub   updated regularly   Download and copy iOS-device-support-files to   Applications Xcode app Contents Developer Platforms iPhoneOS platform DeviceSupport

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