org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create a new remote session. Please check the server log for more details. Original error: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Could not determine iOS SDK version: Could not get Xcode version. /Library/Developer/Info.plist does not exist on disk.

The problem

I’m trying to start an appium iosDriver and I’m getting the following error: org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create a new remote session. Please check the server log for more details. Original error: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Could not determine iOS SDK version: Could not get Xcode version. /Library/Developer/Info.plist does not exist on disk.

Environment

• Appium version 7.3.0 (Maven dependency)
• Appium desktop 1.15.1
• MacOS 10.15.3
• Emulator

Details

I’ve tried doing sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app with no success…even though my Xcode.app is installed on the Applications folder.

The full error is: [RemoteTestNG] detected TestNG version 7.0.1 FAILED CONFIGURATION: @BeforeMethod startMobileDriver org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create a new remote session. Please check the server log for more details. Original error: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Could not determine iOS SDK version: Could not get Xcode version. /Library/Developer/Info.plist does not exist on disk. Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03' System info: host: 'hostinfo', ip: 'IP', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.15.3', java.version: '13.0.2' Driver info: driver.version: IOSDriver remote stacktrace: UnknownError: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Could not determine iOS SDK version: Could not get Xcode version. /Library/Developer/Info.plist does not exist on disk. at getResponseForW3CError (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-base-driver/lib/protocol/errors.js:804:9) at asyncHandler (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-base-driver/lib/protocol/protocol.js:388:37) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7) Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03' System info: host: 'mbp-tabu.lan', ip: 'fe80:0:0:0:c0:3875:1ed8:651d%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.15.3', java.version: '13.0.2'

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Code To Reproduce Issue [ Good To Have ]

`iOSDriver = new IOSDriver<IOSElement>(getServerURL(), setiOSCapabilities());

` private static DesiredCapabilities setiOSCapabilities() { DesiredCapabilities cap = new DesiredCapabilities(); cap.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.DEVICE_NAME, JGAConstants.IOS_DEVICE_NAME); }

	cap.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_NAME, Platform.IOS);
	cap.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.APP, JGAConstants.IOS_APP_PATH.getAbsolutePath());
	cap.setCapability(AndroidMobileCapabilityType.AUTO_GRANT_PERMISSIONS, true);

	cap.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.NO_RESET, true);
	cap.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.AUTOMATION_NAME, AutomationName.IOS_XCUI_TEST);

	return cap;
}

`

[KazuCocoa]

Yes. Forgot but old Xcode was pointed /Applications/Xcode.app/ when sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app, but /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer was correct. Maybe newer xcode-select command can treat the Contents/Developer part well

I assume this is Xcode/the CLI tool layer’s error, but no good idea for now. How about restarting your machine?

[hemanthwadiyar]

@KazuCocoa Thanks a ton… It worked for me as well