Xcode Includes .xib files that have been deleted!

Question

I have a problem with Xcode that I can\'t seem to resolve. I have a view controller lets call \"foobarViewController\", there was a \"foobarViewController.xib\" to accompany

Answer 1

Try these 3 things:

• Delete app from simulator

From Xcode:

• Build Menu -> Clean All Targets -> Check both boxes -> Clean
• XCode Menu -> Empty Caches... -> Empty

Answer 2

In iOS Simulator Menu > Resent Contents and Settings

Is sufficient.

Answer 3

check out this post: How to Empty Caches and Clean All Targets Xcode 4

"Command-Option-Shift-K to clean out the build folder. Even better, quit Xcode and clean out Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData manually. Remove all its contents because there's a bug where Xcode will run an old version of your project that's in there somewhere.

In the simulator, choose iOS Simulator > Reset Content and Settings.

Finally, for completeness, you can delete the contents of /var/folders; some caching happens there too." - Matt

Answer 4

Are you sure it was deleted? You may have only removed the reference to it. Open the project folder and make sure it isn't there. Better yet, do a search in spotlight for the filename.

If you can't find the file, it's still unresolvable, and you made the view controller programmatically, try pasting your code into a text editor, delete the classes, and re-make it and paste the code back in.

Answer 5

Did you delete the app from the simulator? When Xcode installs a development build, either in the Simulator or on the device, it doesn't delete existing files. It simply overwrites files and adds new files. This means that if you delete a file from Xcode, it will be left in the already-installed built product. The solution is to delete the product from your simulator/device before installing.

Answer 6

Sometimes it is very annoying to remove the app from the device/simulator, especially when you have saved data and configuration.

To solve this issue, for every View Controller for which you removed the .xib file add the following code:

-(NSString*) nibName
{
    return nil;
}