Unable to find a destination matching the provided destination specifier

Bug Report

I’m having an error when I execute cordova build.

error: Unable to find a destination matching the provided destination specifier: { platform:iOS Simulator, OS:latest, name:iPhone 11 Pro Max }

Since my app only builds on iPad, I think I need to set a build target to an iPad, but I’m not sure how to do this.

My config.xml has these tags to specify iPad only:

    <preference name="target-device" value="tablet" />
    <preference name="deployment-target" value="10.3" />

The full error reads:

Reading build config file:
No simulator found for ". Falling back to the default target.
Building for "iPhone 11 Pro Max" Simulator (com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimDeviceType.iPhone-11-Pro-Max, iPhone-11-Pro-Max).
Building project: /Users/lucaban/.ghq/github.com/mesqueeb/sokketsu/src-cordova/platforms/ios/Sokketsu.xcworkspace
	Configuration: Debug
	Platform: emulator
	Target: iPhone 11 Pro Max
Running command: xcodebuild -workspace Sokketsu.xcworkspace -scheme Sokketsu -configuration Debug -sdk iphonesimulator -destination platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 11 Pro Max build CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR=/Users/lucaban/.ghq/github.com/mesqueeb/sokketsu/src-cordova/platforms/ios/build/emulator SHARED_PRECOMPS_DIR=/Users/lucaban/.ghq/github.com/mesqueeb/sokketsu/src-cordova/platforms/ios/build/sharedpch
Build settings from command line:
    CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR = /Users/lucaban/.ghq/github.com/mesqueeb/sokketsu/src-cordova/platforms/ios/build/emulator
    SDKROOT = iphonesimulator13.1
    SHARED_PRECOMPS_DIR = /Users/lucaban/.ghq/github.com/mesqueeb/sokketsu/src-cordova/platforms/ios/build/sharedpch

xcodebuild: error: Unable to find a destination matching the provided destination specifier:
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, OS:latest, name:iPhone 11 Pro Max }

	Available destinations for the "Sokketsu" scheme:
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:B90FC025-F8EB-40B3-90C5-E9094C0FFD17, OS:13.1, name:iPad Air (3rd generation) }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:3131A6AD-3C4E-4CEA-8889-9C7E22EAF816, OS:13.1, name:iPad Pro (9.7-inch) }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:A8055BC4-F95C-43FA-8B28-7FACBD3D57B6, OS:13.1, name:iPad Pro (11-inch) }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:7FAD7B1C-70DD-407A-AC99-3ACAD2670726, OS:13.1, name:iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (3rd generation) }

	Ineligible destinations for the "Sokketsu" scheme:
		{ platform:iOS, id:dvtdevice-DVTiPhonePlaceholder-iphoneos:placeholder, name:Generic iOS Device }
		{ platform:iOS Simulator, id:dvtdevice-DVTiOSDeviceSimulatorPlaceholder-iphonesimulator:placeholder, name:Generic iOS Simulator Device }
xcodebuild: Command failed with exit code 70

What is expected to happen?

For it to build. 😄

What does actually happen?

The above error.

Information

I also tried stuff like

cordova platform rm ios
cordova platform add ios@5

But without luck.

Command or Code

cordova build

Environment, Platform, Device

• MacOS: 10.15 Catalina

Version information

• XCode: Version 11.1 (11A1027)
• Cordova: cordova@9.0.0

Checklist

• I searched for existing GitHub issues
• I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
• I included all the necessary information above

[vargtimmen]

@astme

@vargtimmen It depends on your ionic version, I assume you are using ionic v3.

You’re right, this seems to happen with ionic 3 but not 4. Thx for the hint.

[mesqueeb]

answer is here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58374192/how-to-specify-cordova-build-target-in-build-json