Failure to launch: iOS simulator

[BigAB]

Not sure where the actual root of the problem is, whether it's x-code 9, or the lates ios-sim version or what, but when trying to launch the demo from this repository:

output

** BUILD SUCCEEDED **


No target specified for emulator. Deploying to undefined simulator


Device type "com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimDeviceType.undefined" could not be found.

Done-> cordova emulate ios
Error-> with Parallel tasks1

...and no simulator launches.

This is the same error i get when running the DoneJS Cordova build (donejs build cordova) as well, so currently the guides are not working fully on iOS.

Here is an ios-sim issue possibly related:
ios-control/ios-sim#218

[marshallswain]

I'm having this same issue with adding cordova to a donejs app.

I tried creating a Cordova build separately, using their CLI, and was able to use the new commands to launch apps (I think the CLI API has changed). The new commands are here: https://gist.github.com/marshallswain/e9088589bfca88c43179ad588569cb7d

I haven't gone back to check if these new commands work with a DoneJS app.

[marshallswain]

The error that I get with a new DoneJS app is this

...
...
Done-> cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-transport-security
Success-> with Series tasks
Success-> with Series tasks
Potentially unhandled rejection [1] TypeError: Cannot read property 'dest' of undefined
    at /Users/marshall/Sites/my-project-name/node_modules/steal-cordova/lib/steal-cordova.js:127:25
    at tryCatch (/Users/marshall/Sites/my-project-name/node_modules/es6-promise/dist/es6-promise.js:416:12)
    at invokeCallback (/Users/marshall/Sites/my-project-name/node_modules/es6-promise/dist/es6-promise.js:431:13)
    at publish (/Users/marshall/Sites/my-project-name/node_modules/es6-promise/dist/es6-promise.js:399:7)
    at flush (/Users/marshall/Sites/my-project-name/node_modules/es6-promise/dist/es6-promise.js:126:5)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:131:7)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
Bitovis-MacBook-Pro-2:my-project-name marshall$

[marshallswain]

I tried cd my-project/build/cordova then cordova run ios --emulator --target="iPad-Air", and the build succeeds, but I get the error

** BUILD SUCCEEDED **

No available runtimes could be found for "iPad Air".

I think this steal-cordova must be running an older version of Cordova than the latest one I used in with the Cordova CLI.

Update: ok, maybe not. It looks like steal-cordova uses the latest version from npm: https://github.com/stealjs/steal-cordova/blob/master/package.json#L30

https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova

[marshallswain]

Looking further into this error:

Potentially unhandled rejection [1] TypeError: Cannot read property 'dest' of undefined
    at /Users/marshall/Sites/my-project-name/node_modules/steal-cordova/lib/steal-cordova.js:127:25

stealTools.build is returning undefined

if(buildCordova) {
  buildPromise.then(config => {
    console.log(config) // undefined, undefined
    // stealCordova.build(config)
  })
  // .then(stealCordova.ios.emulate);
}

[marshallswain]

The problem seems to be here: https://github.com/stealjs/steal-bundler/blob/master/lib/inferred.js#L27

We're looping with bundles.map, but since handler is undefined, that function returns an implicit undefined. Maybe @matthewp or @m-mujica can weigh in on a fix.

[matthewp]

I'll take a look, thanks.

[matthewp]

@pYr0x Fixed it so that steal-bundler returns the buildResult always... I think maybe I just need to do a release.

[marshallswain]

Thanks, @matthewp. Please let me know. We need this for a client we're starting tomorrow.

[matthewp]

Just released steal-bundler 0.3.3, let me know if that fixes your issue.

[matthewp]

Woops, actually the version number is wrong, let me try again.

[matthewp]

Ok, 0.3.4 is the number.

[marshallswain]

@matthewp that fixed the issue that I was having. Thanks!

Now I've graduated to having the same issue as @BigAB's first comment.

This does seem to be a Cordova issue, as the list of iOS devices is empty when I cd build/cordova and run cordova emulate ios --list. If I try to cordova add ios I get a message stating that it's already added.

I'm able to work around it by opening the project's workspace file in XCode and running the build from there:

[sanylop]

To solve this problem you only have to go to platforms/ios/cordova and execute this command:
npm install ios-sim@latest
in this directory!

Best,
Sanylop

[fayme]

@sanylop not working

[Kunj-Choksi]

@fayme
any success for this one. Just Tired of launching the app every time from Xcode.