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Can't find Apple SDK Location despite correct SDK path

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Problem encountered on https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/maui/first-app-tutorial/run Operating System: macos

Hi there,

I’m using .NET MAUI for the first time on my Macbook Pro running Ventura 13.3. Currently trying to run the default hello world app with Visual Studio, just to see if it builds properly. However, it can’t find the macOS SDK. I have double checked that I have the correct path to the SDK in Visual Studio preferences > SDK Locations > Apple (confirmed via xcrun --show-sdk-path output in terminal). I have also restarted Visual Studio multiple times and selected Xcode 14.2 (14C18) under Xcode > Settings > Locations > Command Line Tools.

Here is the error received when attempting build the application:

Error: Could not find a valid Xcode app bundle at '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk'. Please update your Apple SDK location in Visual Studio's preferences (Projects > SDK Locations > Apple > Apple SDK).

Any help here would be much appreciated!

Thanks for your time.

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Created 5 months ago
Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)

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jfversluiscommented, Apr 16, 2023

Hey there, glad to see you’re trying .NET MAUI! Sorry you’re running into a snag here.

Did you try and start Xcode? It might prompt you to install additional command-line tools. Does it do that, and if you install those, does this error go away?

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msftbot[bot]commented, May 31, 2023

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