xcodebuild error: "requested but didn't find extension point with identifier ..."

Question

I'm using Xcode 13.3.1.

I'm trying to build a flutter application in Android Studio. It failed with the following error. To make it dead simple I tried just running xcodebuild which produced the same error as in Android Studio:

 .oh-my-zsh git:(master) xcodebuild
2022-04-21 19:45:25.858 xcodebuild[32450:312401] Requested but did not find extension point with identifier Xcode.IDEKit.ExtensionSentinelHostApplications for extension Xcode.DebuggerFoundation.AppExtensionHosts.watchOS of plug-in com.apple.dt.IDEWatchSupportCore
2022-04-21 19:45:25.859 xcodebuild[32450:312401] Requested but did not find extension point with identifier Xcode.IDEKit.ExtensionPointIdentifierToBundleIdentifier for extension Xcode.DebuggerFoundation.AppExtensionToBundleIdentifierMap.watchOS of plug-in com.apple.dt.IDEWatchSupportCore
Command line invocation:
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild

User defaults from command line:
    IDEPackageSupportUseBuiltinSCM = YES

xcodebuild: error: The directory /Users/salahuddin/.oh-my-zsh does not contain an Xcode project.

Any idea what causes this error and how to fix it?

Answer 1

This command worked out for me: softwareupdate -d -a.

Reference: https://huckfinnsmoneytree.com/how-to-download-macos-updates-using-the-terminal/

Answer 2

Looks like you need to install the Xcode command line tools, which you can do by executing the following command in Terminal: xcode-select --install

Answer 3

This worked for me:

Completely turn off Bluetooth.

in ios/ folder of your project, change Podfile to platform :ios, '12.0'

Run pod deintegrate in Terminal inside the ios/ folder of your project.

Run pod install --repo-update in your ios/ folder

https://solveforums.msomimaktaba.com/threads/solved-flutter-for-ios-run-build-but-not-archive.699314/

Answer 4

Please refer to the message, you can find out solution. https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/703233

SOLUTION (for me):

I had to first find the software update manually:

softwareupdate --list

This provided me with the following output:

Finding available software Software Update found the following new or updated software:

• Label: Command Line Tools for Xcode-13.3 Title: Command Line Tools for Xcode, Version: 13.3, Size: 718145KiB, Recommended: YES, I then ran:

softwareupdate -i "Command Line Tools for Xcode-13.3"

(NOTE: You pass the "Label:" output as the string as yours could be different.

Answer 5

The error mentions that there's no iOS project to be found on the directory.

xcodebuild: error: The directory /Users/salahuddin/.oh-my-zsh does not contain an Xcode project.

You'd need to navigate to the iOS build of your Flutter project on your terminal with cd ios and run xcodebuild there.

Answer 6

multiple xcode.app you need to remove.(Download folder)

1. XCode-> Preferences-> Locations -> Command Line Tools
2. Check it shows multiple entries for same xcode version.
3. Delete xCode.app other than Application folder.
4. quit and restart xcode and terminal.

Answer 7

I faced the same problem when updating the project with Flutter 3. After several attempts, the below solution worked for me.

I have deleted the podfile.lock file inside the ios folder and then run the below commands.

1. flutter pub upgrade
2. flutter pub get
3. cd ios
4. pod repo update > Actually, this was an error for me but ignored it
5. pod install

Also please make sure you are using the latest MacOS and Xcode. I hope this will help someone else.