In Xcode 4, when I’m working when an iOS project, the Scheme drop down menu in Xcode’s toolbar normally displays a scheme for iPhone X.X Simulator, iPad X.X Simulator and iOS Device.
When changing branches after having done something that affects the *.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj file, all my schemes disappear from the scheme drop down. If I close the project and reopen it, they come back. This is extremely annoying.
Here’s what I’m doing:
- Create a new iOS related project
- Stage + Commit everything in the master branch
- Create & switch to a new branch
- Add a new class to your project and Save All (CMD+S+option) or just build the project to save everything.
- Commit that change
- Switch back to the master branch
At this point, my schemes are screwed and I have to close the project and reopen it to get them back.
Here’s what they look like at the beginning:
Here’s what they look like after following the steps I listed:
Does anyone know of a way around this or is this just a bug in Xcode? I submitted a bug report to Apple about it months ago and have not received a response. I’ve also received no response to a question about it in the developer forums.
Update: If you have a project with multiple targets, only the schemes for the selected target get screwed up after switching branches.
Update: Here’s my .gitignore
# the build
build
# temp nibs and swap files
*~.nib
*.swp
# OS X folder attributes
.DS_Store
# user-specific XCode stuff
*.pbxuser
*.mode1v3
*.mode2v3
*.perspectivev3
*.xcuserstate
project.xcworkspace/
xcuserdata/
This happens every time for me. It’s most certainly a bug. I just click in the build target version box (5.0, etc) and then out again and it resets itself. No need to open and close the project.