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Vlad Grigorov
Vlad Grigorov

Reputation: 11376

iOS 5 SDK is gone after upgrade to Xcode 4.5

I upgraded Xcode to version 4.5. Now all of the preferences are reset back to factory settings - editor fonts, colors, etc - but this is not my biggest concern.

It seems the iOS SDK 5.1 I was targeting is now gone. In project's build settings I can only choose Base SDK between "Latest iOS (iOS 6.0)" and "iOS 6.0". Is it possible to recover the previous installed SDKs?

Upvotes: 16

Views: 25460

Answers (8)

Alex
Alex

Reputation: 2160

1) First step: Download your simulator on this link http://uv.howett.net/~dhowett/sdks.php

2) Second step Unzip and add downloaded simulator in to path: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs

3) Restart Xcode. (in project settings set Deployment target 5.0 if needed)

Upvotes: 2

Cecilia Humlelu
Cecilia Humlelu

Reputation: 360

Download from this link, all sdks should be here. Some nice guy made it

http://uv.howett.net/~dhowett/sdks.php

Upvotes: 21

abbood
abbood

Reputation: 23558

In my other laptop that still had XCode 4.2, the location of the iOS 5 SDK was here: /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/ (as opposed to the location mentioned above)

so i just copied it over and voila!

Upvotes: 3

mike-pz
mike-pz

Reputation: 55

You only need to install the SDK that you want using the Xcode -> Preferences -> Downloads screen:

Screenshot of the Downloads panel in Xcode -> Preferences

That will give you iOS5.1 simulator, iOS5.0 simulator, iOS4.3 simulator if you want them.

No trickery needed.

Upvotes: 0

lupatus
lupatus

Reputation: 4248

I suppose you meant 'Base SDK' not target - as base SDK you should use latest one, I think there is no way to install 5.1 on Xcode 4.5 (but I can be wrong). You always can set 'Deployment Target' to 5.1 (minimal supported target is 4.3).

Anyway, since Xcode is wrapped inside app bundle, you're able to have two Xcode versions installed parallel if you need.

Upvotes: 3

Martin R
Martin R

Reputation: 540055

Current Xcode versions come only with the latest iOS SDK (which is a pity, but we cannot change it). Also Apple recommends to always use the latest SDK for building apps, and setting the "Deployment Target" to the minimum version that you plan to support.

You can copy an SDK (e.g. iPhoneOS5.1.sdk) from an older Xcode to

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs

and it will appear in the build settings. But you might run into problems later with this configuration.

Upvotes: 20

mayuur
mayuur

Reputation: 4746

Yes!

When you click on the Simulator selection screen, at the bottom there's a More Simulators button.

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However, be sure to set the Deployment Target to whatever Simulator you want to install. In your case, 5.1.

Then there will be another window which would show all the Simulators. Just install whichever you want! :)

Upvotes: 3

stringCode
stringCode

Reputation: 2272

In Xcode go to preferences-> downloads and download iOS 5 simulator as well as command line tools. Hope this helped

Upvotes: 5

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