How to fix XCode 4 error: app depends on itself. This target might include its own product...?

Question

How to fix XCode 4 build and clean error: "XXX.app depends on itself. This target might include its own product"...?

Upgraded my dev environment to latest Xcode 4. Opened an existing project previously built and cleaned in XCode 3.x.x. Attempted to clean: Clean failed with the same error "target might include..." Attempted to build for debug on simulator. Build failed with the same error.

I've been stumped by this one. The responses to correct this have all been around Xcode 3.x.x

I thought others might run into this and want an answer.

After much gnashing of teeth, I found an answer (there may be other more elegant ways to fix this):

Go to Project Navigator. Scroll down the list of Classes, Resources and find the PRODUCT group. The actual product in the group may display in red if you previously cleaned it in XCode 3.x.x. DELETE the entire PRODUCT group. You can then re-run your clean or build action.

Hope this helps others and prevents alot of frustration.

Answer 1

Click Products/***.app file.

and you can see the file info in Utilities Window.

Uncheck Target! That's it!