Exception: Xcodeproj is not installed even when XcodeProj is installed

[Kontrano]

I tried to update a flavor today and got the error that Xcodeproj is not installed. This worked fine a few weeks ago.

So I do the command gem install xcodeproj, It says its already installed. I also removed both versions I had and ran the command again but still, the same issue persists where Flavorizr is saying that I don't have it installed.

I get the following error in the console:

Executing task ios:xcconfig
Running XcodeprojProcessor: Checking if xcodeproj is installed
Unhandled exception:
Exception: Xcodeproj is not installed. Please install it by running gem install xcodeproj
#0 XcodeprojProcessor.execute (package:flutter_flavorizr/src/processors/darwin/xcodeproj_processor.dart:20:7)
#1 QueueProcessor.execute (package:flutter_flavorizr/src/processors/commons/queue_processor.dart:44:17)
#2 Processor.execute (package:flutter_flavorizr/src/processors/processor.dart:140:24)

Any idea what could be happening? I also updated Ruby Gems and xcodeproj to the latest version but no change.

[GivDavidL]

Any update on this?

[EvertonMJunior]

Same error here. Error when running even though xcodeproj is installed.

[AngeloAvv]

Can you please provide the output of:

gem list -i ^xcodeproj$

and

gem list xcodeproj

[anas43950]

The output for first command is true
And for second command: xcodeproj (1.24.0)

[anas43950]

Everything is installed as you can see, still throwing error

[yousefak007]

same problem

[yousefak007]

Hi, for temp solution:

You must add a .cmd extension for gem in xcodeproj_processor.dart.
you can find it in Pub\Cache\hosted\pub.dev\flutter_flavorizr-[VERSION]\lib\src\processors\darwin\xcodeproj_processor.dart

cc: @AngeloAvv

[Kontrano]

Hi, for temp solution:

You must add a .cmd extension for gem in xcodeproj_processor.dart. you can find it in Pub\Cache\hosted\pub.dev\flutter_flavorizr-[VERSION]\lib\src\processors\darwin\xcodeproj_processor.dart

cc: @AngeloAvv

This still seems to be the only thing that works

[AngeloAvv]

Hi, for temp solution:
You must add a .cmd extension for gem in xcodeproj_processor.dart. you can find it in Pub\Cache\hosted\pub.dev\flutter_flavorizr-[VERSION]\lib\src\processors\darwin\xcodeproj_processor.dart

cc: @AngeloAvv

This still seems to be the only thing that works

It doesn't work for me, it says command not found: gem.cmd, so it's not a good solution that would work for everyone

Question: .cmd files are used on Windows, are you running flutter_flavorizr on Windows?
If you have iOS/macOS flavors, you must run flutter_flavorizr on macOS. There's no way you could use xcodeproj gem on other operating systems

[Kontrano]

Hi, for temp solution:
You must add a .cmd extension for gem in xcodeproj_processor.dart. you can find it in Pub\Cache\hosted\pub.dev\flutter_flavorizr-[VERSION]\lib\src\processors\darwin\xcodeproj_processor.dart

cc: @AngeloAvv

This still seems to be the only thing that works

It doesn't work for me, it says command not found: gem.cmd, so it's not a good solution that would work for everyone

Question: .cmd files are used on Windows, are you running flutter_flavorizr on Windows? If you have iOS/macOS flavors, you must run flutter_flavorizr on macOS. There's no way you could use xcodeproj gem on other operating systems

@AngeloAvv I am indeed running on windows, and its actually always worked perfectly on windows, no need to be on macOS to create flavors, which is also the thing i love so much about this package. This issue that i needs to be set to .cmd has only happened the last 6 months or so before that i never had an issue

Edit: In this case would a platform switch that changes the command based on either being on macOS or Windows be a good solution?

[AngeloAvv]

Ok, now I see the bigger picture caused by the introduction of more restricted checks on xcodeproj.

A lot of people do not read the README and forget about installing the gem, therefore they keep opening the same issue repeatedly, that's why I introduced this kind of check.

I honestly never ran flutter_flavorizr on other OSes than macOS when I needed to flavorize iOS/macOS apps, that's why I'm saying it will never work (I mean, it could, but I never tested it)

At this point, at least I know how to reproduce this issue. Let me think about it and I will come back with a solution

[Kontrano]

No worries, very understandable! But great that where the issue lies is now clear, if you need any additional info from me let me know!

[suhailthajudeen]

Same issue am also facing

[Mr-yuwei]

need help

[Kontrano]

@Mr-yuwei @suhailthajudeen see the fix/workaround above