Cordova iOS: xcrun can't find "PackageApplication" after xcode update

Question

This morning, xcode got updated to version 8.3 on my osx building device.

Since then, when I try to build my iOs app with Cordova, I get the following error at the end of the building process:

 [exec] 
 [exec] ** BUILD SUCCEEDED **
 [exec]
 [exec] xcrun: error: unable to find utility "PackageApplication", not a developer tool or in PATH
 [exec] Error: Error code 72 for command: xcrun with args: -sdk,iphoneos,PackageApplication,-v,[source.app]-o,[destination.ipa]
 [exec] Result 1

I can't seem to get this fixed in my Cordova or Xcode setup. Wouldn't know where to start ;)

Did anyone experience the same issue? Do you have some advise for a solution.

Thank you!

(I'll be happy to buy a beer if you could help me out)

Answer 1

After you try to build on device using

ionic run ios --device -l -c

Open the project on the xCode without terminating the code you typed

Try to run the project on xCode too and tada. It works on phone with debug on terminal.

Answer 2

Upgrade your ios platform in config.xml:

<engine name="ios" spec="~4.3.1" />

Then reinstall your platform:

rm -rf platforms/
cordova prepare

Answer 3

There's a cordova-ios PR (#257, now merged - https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/257) for this issue.

So, updating cordova-ios is the fix.

Answer 4

We only solution we had is:

1. Copied from xcode Contents\Developer\Platforms\IPhoneOS.platform\DeviceSupport\10.3 folder
2. rolled back to xcode 8.2 but put 10.3 back in Contents\Developer\Platforms\IPhoneOS.platform\DeviceSupport\
3. Packaging start working.

Answer 5

This tool has been removed from Xcode 8.3. It was marked as deprecated for a few versions, and now it's sadly gone.

You will need to use xcodebuild and it may be a bit of a pain with Cordova