still getting <Cordova/CDVViewController.h> file not found error in xcode

Question

I am new in PhoneGap, making a app via Xcode; But I found an error regarding CDVViewController.h. However, the file physically exists there. I am using Xcode 4.6 and Cordova 2.2.0.

Answer 1

Man, there are a lot of red herring answers to this question out there. This is what worked for me, and is in the documentation for both PhoneGap 2.5 and 3.0 (see here: PhoneGap docs for iOS (look under "missing headers"), using Xcode 4.6.

1. In Xcode, go to Preferences... > Locations, then click on the Advanced... button.
2. Make sure the build location radio button is set to "Unique".
3. Close out the Preferences and Rebuild.

Answer 2

Please add this line to your projects Build Settings >> Header Search Paths:

$(OBJROOT)/UninstalledProducts/$(PLATFORM_NAME)/include

it's worked on Xcode 7.0 + and iOS 9+.

Answer 3

If you're building to the local build output directory, rather than the new xcode artefact store, you may need to copy the contents of CordovaLib/build into $YOURPROJECT/build.

The same applies if you're using xcodebuild from a terminal.