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App wont install on IOS

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Description

Im getting a bug in react native when I try to run on a IOS device. The problem appears when I use the command : npx react-native run-ios --device using Visual Studio Code.

The error I am getting is :

success: Successfully built the app

error: “Couldn’t find “PLATFORM_NAME” variable in xcodebuild output. Please report this”

It works when I build from IOS, but not from Visual Studio Code.

I have googled and tried to find a solution, but I can’t find anything.

the workaround i’ve found so far is:

run from xcode
run the command “npx react-native run-ios --device” after xcode build

Version

0.66.1

Output of `react-native info`

System: OS: macOS 11.3.1 CPU: (12) x64 Intel® Core™ i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz Memory: 316.93 MB / 16.00 GB Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash Binaries: Node: 16.2.0 - /usr/local/bin/node Yarn: Not Found npm: 7.13.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman Managers: CocoaPods: 1.11.2 - /usr/local/bin/pod SDKs: iOS SDK: Platforms: iOS 15.0, DriverKit 20.4, macOS 11.3, tvOS 15.0, watchOS 8.0 Android SDK: API Levels: 29, 30 Build Tools: 29.0.2, 30.0.3 System Images: android-29 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom Android NDK: Not Found IDEs: Android Studio: 4.2 AI-202.7660.26.42.7486908 Xcode: 13.0/13A233 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild Languages: Java: 1.8.0_292 - /usr/bin/javac npmPackages: @react-native-community/cli: Not Found react: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1 react-native: ^0.66.1 => 0.66.1 react-native-macos: Not Found npmGlobalPackages: react-native: Not Found

Steps to reproduce

Open project in Visual Stuido Code
Run the command : “npx react-native run-ios --device”

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository

No response

Issue Analytics

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Created 2 years ago
Reactions:2
Comments:10

Top GitHub Comments

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absingh927commented, Jan 7, 2022

Also ran into the same issue with MacBook Pro M1, tried the workaround (run in Xcode and then npx react-native run-ios) and it worked fine after that.

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jasonrwagnercommented, Jun 9, 2022

Here’s another workaround that works for our team. If you have an Intel MBP uncheck the For install builds only. M1 check the checkbox.

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