Xcode 5.0.1 crash on OS X Mavericks

Question

I am unable to start the Xcode 5.0.1 after update to OS X Mavericks. Please help.

Here is the message from crash report:

Application Specific Information: ProductBuildVersion: 5A2053 UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION (NSInternalInconsistencyException): Error getting value for key 'delegateClass' of extension 'Xcode.RepositoriesViewer.MenuDefinition.HelpContextualMenu' in plug-in 'com.apple.dt.IDE.IDERepositoryViewer' UserInfo: { NSUnderlyingError = "Error Domain=DVTPlugInErrorDomain Code=2 \"Loading a plug-in failed.\" UserInfo=0x7ff8bf440f10 {DVTPlugInIdentifierErrorKey=com.apple.dt.IDE.IDERepositoryViewer, DVTPlugInExecutablePathErrorKey=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDERepositoryViewer.ideplugin/Contents/MacOS/IDERepositoryViewer, NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=The plug-in or one of its prerequisite plug-ins may be missing or damaged and may need to be reinstalled., NSLocalizedDescription=Loading a plug-in failed., NSFilePath=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDERepositoryViewer.ideplugin, NSLocalizedFailureReason=The plug-in \U201ccom.apple.dt.IDE.IDERepositoryViewer\U201d at path \U201c/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDERepositoryViewer.ideplugin\U201d could not be loaded. The plug-in or one of its prerequisite plug-ins may be missing or damaged., NSUnderlyingError=0x7ff8bf43c8e0 \"The bundle \U201cIDERepositoryViewer\U201d couldn\U2019t be loaded because it is damaged or missing necessary resources.\"}";

Answer 1

I solved it this way:

go to

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns

and remove the following directory (maybe you should backup first)

IDERepositoryViewer.ideplugin

After this I am able to start and work with Xcode. Maybe this solution has some limitation, but I did not see any at this time.

Answer 2

I upgraded a dual-Xcode system to Xcode 5.0.2 this morning. I had Xcode 4.6.3 in /Applications named "Xcode" and Xcode 5.0 named as "Xcode5". After the upgrade, I only had "Xcode" and it crashed on launch with the same error from IDERepositoryViewer.ideplugin

Looking into the plugin's version.plist file, I see key "CFBundleShortVersionString" with value "4.6.3", so I presume it kept the plugin from Xcode 4.6.3 somehow.

Once I deleted it, Xcode 5.0.2 worked fine.