Xcode device list is empty in ionic/cordova project

Question

No matter what I try I can't get access to the Xcode simulators from my ionic/cordova project. Xcode Command Line Tool is installed.

cordova run ios --list

returns

Available ios devices:

Available ios virtual devices:

ionic cordova emulate ios --list

returns

Available ios virtual devices:

I have all the simulators in Xcode and it's working fine when Im opening the project in Xcode and run the simulators manually.

The consequences of this is that I cant run my app with livereload from the terminal:

ionic cordova emulate --livereload ios -- --buildFlag="-UseModernBuildSystem=0" --target="iPhone-X, 12.1"

returns

Device id for device name "iPhone X" and runtime "iOS 12.1" could not be found, or is not available.

Answer 1

This is a bug related to the new version of XCode. I had the same problem. I would advise you to uninstall and reinstall XCode but I don't think it will work.

I solved (dirty fix) my problem by applying what ejerskov says here: https://github.com/ios-control/ios-sim/issues/246

On platforms/ios/cordova/node_modules/ios-sim/src/lib.js

I have changed

available_runtimes[ runtime.name ] = (runtime.availability === '(available)');

to

available_runtimes[ runtime.identifier ] = (runtime.availability === '(available)');

Otherwise I think we should wait for a new release of ios-sim and cordova-ios...