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Igor
Igor

Reputation: 34011

Xcode won't start after first launch?

I recently installed Xcode and after closing out of the first launch (because I realized I had more configuring to do). I cannot get it to re-launch. The icon will come up, but no program will show up. I do not get an error, and I am launching from the /Developer folder (not /Applications). I have tried re-installing/restarting multiple times to no avail. I have the latest version, and I am running Snow Leopard (10.6.6).

Upvotes: 23

Views: 28236

Answers (5)

Chathurka
Chathurka

Reputation: 625

Please go project folder and right click ."xcworkspace" and open "show package contents"-> xcuserdata and delete user folder and then relaunch.

Upvotes: 5

animal_chin
animal_chin

Reputation: 6610

In my case I launched XCode 6 (beta 7) on my MacBook Pro Mid 2010, and I had to wait for ~10minutes for anything to happen. I didn't see icon in dock, or even menu bar - just a reference in Force Quit Applications menu. After those 10 minutes classic alert with "You have downloaded Xcode from internet..." title appeared and then i had to wait another 5 minutes for another progress (installation of additional components).In overall it took Xcode 6 ~25 minutes to start.

So... Patience! :)

Upvotes: 2

Nigel
Nigel

Reputation: 209

The answer to this problem is I believe easily sorted. Once you open X code and all you get is the menu bar at the top, go to Window, Welcome to x Code, then check the box bottom left hand corner of that screen 'Show this window when Xcode launches'

Job done ! Now every time you hit the Xcode icon where ever it is the welcome screen will open and from there you can proceed into the program.

Upvotes: 20

Taskmaster
Taskmaster

Reputation: 1016

Probably not your problem, but I had issues starting xcode with it trying to load up the last project I was working on. It would just hang and I had to force quit it.

In the end I deleted these directories:

project.xcworkspace/ xcuserdata/

and next time I tried to restart xcode it started fine.

Upvotes: 10

Jim
Jim

Reputation: 73966

The icon will come up, but no program will show up.

Are you new to OS X? It sounds like you are describing the way OS X apps normally start up. By default, Xcode pops up a window with a list of most recent projects, but you can switch this off. It doesn't mean that Xcode isn't running, it just means you don't have any Xcode windows open. You can still select any of the usual menu items to start new projects, open existing projects, etc.

Upvotes: 42

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