Visual Studio 2017 fail to connect macOS virtual machine installed visual studio for mac and xcode

Question

Below error I am getting when I am connecting the visual studio to my macOS. I am building an iphone app in Visual Studio on Win OS. When try to run the application it showing this error:

The Xcode License status couldn't be verified because the 'xcodebuild' tool has not been found on the connected MAC. Having Xcode installed and functional is necessary in order to build and run iOS apps, so please check that xcode is correctly installed and that the path specified under iOS Settings is correct.

see screenshot of error:

Logs:

Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh.MessagingService|Information|0|Agent IDB 4.9.0.752 is running
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.MqttClientImpl|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - An application message for topic xma/agent-status was received
Xamarin.Messaging.Integration.State.ServerStateContext|Information|0|IDB 4.9.0.752 started
Xamarin.Messaging.Integration.State.ServerStateContext|Information|0|Starting registered Agents: ...
Xamarin.Messaging.Integration.State.ServerStateContext|Information|0|Server State transition from AgentsStartingState to AgentsStartedState on 192.168.106.128 (192.168.106.128)
Xamarin.Messaging.Integration.State.ServerStateContext|Information|0|The Agents have been started successfully
Xamarin.Messaging.Integration.State.ServerStateContext|Information|0|Server State transition from AgentsStartedState to ValidatingState on 192.168.106.128 (192.168.106.128)
Xamarin.Messaging.Integration.State.ServerStateContext|Information|0|Performing server validations against '192.168.106.128'...
Xamarin.Messaging.Integration.State.ServerStateContext|Information|0|Validating Mac operating system version compatibility...
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.ClientPacketListener|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - Dispatching SubscribeAck message to flow ClientSubscribeFlow
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.ClientPacketListener|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - Dispatching Publish message to flow PublishReceiverFlow and topic xma/message-status
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.MqttClientImpl|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - An application message for topic xma/message-status was received
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.ClientPacketListener|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - Dispatching Publish message to flow PublishReceiverFlow and topic vs6604UmerF/response/xma/get-env-info
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.MqttClientImpl|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - An application message for topic vs6604UmerF/response/xma/get-env-info was received
Xamarin.Messaging.Integration.State.ServerStateContext|Information|0|Validating Xcode license state...
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.ClientPacketListener|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - Dispatching Publish message to flow PublishReceiverFlow and topic xma/message-status
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.MqttClientImpl|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - An application message for topic xma/message-status was received
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.ClientPacketListener|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - Dispatching SubscribeAck message to flow ClientSubscribeFlow
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.ClientPacketListener|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - Dispatching Publish message to flow PublishReceiverFlow and topic xma/message-status
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.MqttClientImpl|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - An application message for topic xma/message-status was received
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.ClientPacketListener|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - Dispatching Publish message to flow PublishReceiverFlow and topic vs6604UmerF/response/xvs/idb/4.9.0.752/get-xcode-location
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.MqttClientImpl|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - An application message for topic vs6604UmerF/response/xvs/idb/4.9.0.752/get-xcode-location was received
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.ClientPacketListener|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - Dispatching Publish message to flow PublishReceiverFlow and topic xma/message-status
System.Net.Mqtt.Sdk.MqttClientImpl|Information|0|Client vs6604UmerF - An application message for topic xma/message-status was received
Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh.SshCommandRunner|Warning|0|Failed to execute '/bin/bash -c 'find "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin" -type f | grep xcodebuild'': ExitStatus = 1
Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh.SshCommandRunner|Warning|0|find: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin: No such file or directory

Answer 1

In my case the terminal command "xcode-select -print-path" told me that the XCode app was installed in the folder: "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools" but adding this to the "Tools | Options | Xamarin | iOS Settings did not work.

I finally solved it by adding the Xcode path: /Applications/Xcode.app

Answer 2

I fixed the same issue by resetting the commandline tools from Terminal using the command: sudo xcode-select --reset

This command changed my default path to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer from /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools. The connection started working after that.

Answer 3

On your Mac:

1) Is Xcode installed?

• If not get it for the App Store or login with your Apple developer's account and download the Xcode .xip file from:

  https://developer.apple.com/download/more/

2) Open the Xcode.app and accept the license if prompted

3) Optional: Run xcode-select --install to install the Xcode cmd-line tools and accept the license if prompted

4) Run xcode-select -print-path to ensure that the directory that it points to is the same one that the Xamarin iOS options in Visual Studio is set to, i.e.

  /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

re: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/mac/installation

Answer 4

If you recently updated Xcode, check the login in xcode Preferences->Accounts->signin

I had same issue, solved after successfully signed in with my apple ID.

In my case I have copied and installed xcode.xip file downloaded in colleague's mac I had to remove that and update xcode from appstore.

Answer 5

As @SushiHangover suggested, you must ensure "that the directory that points to XCode path is the same one in the Xamarin iOS options in Visual Studio", the problem is that in some cases you can't set it before establishing the connection (disabled)

The only solution is that case is to to move your Xcode.app to the default location which is the application folder, and move the command line tools to the /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer: