Storyboard won't update in simulator

Question

I have a working app in Xcode, however when I try to build and run it the simulator displays an older version of the storyboard I was working on. I had changed some of the design on the storyboard but this does not reflect in the simulator, nothing is updated.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Solution 1

1. Delete the App on the simulator.

2. Clean

3. List item

4. Build & Run

Use NSLog(@"") in your controller to check code execution.

Solution 2

I just spent at least 6 hours on this. I have a solution, but I also submitted a technical support ticket to apple to try to get more info on the cause and proper solution.

Simply remove the references to your storyboard files and add them back in the same file group.

This seems to include the storyboard files back into the app bundle generated during build(which can be seen in the

DerivedData/APPNAME/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimultator/APPNAME.app 

From here I can see my changes reflected from the storyboards as expected.

PS - Are you using localization at all? I was.

Solution 3

I lost 2 hours to this.

Solution was braindead simple: delete app, turn OFF the iPhone 5S (iOS 7.1.1), and turn it bavk on.

Solution 4

When you turn on localization, xcode moves storyboard file in localization folder (ex. Base.lproj/name.storyboard). When you build and run project on simulator, xcode copy name.storyboard into "derivedData"/Base.lproj/name.storyboard, but previous, created before localization "derivedData"/name.storyboard still exists. In this case simulator uses the file which can be found easier, i.e simulator uses old file "derivedData"/name.storyboard to operate.

Solution: Just rename the storyboard file, in navigator and in targets/general.

Solution 5

Deleting

~/Library/Developer/Xcode/derivedData/

worked for me!

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Comments

[user1892540]

It's now paused with Thread 1:Program received signal: "SIGBART". :S

[Rich Tolley]

Check the name of the storyboard in the info.plist - it should be [name of storyboard] with no file extension

[user1892540]

Just tried that and its named as it should be, if it helps its paused on the line : return UIApplicationMain argc, nil, NSStringFromClass([AppDelegate class])); Thanks for your help so far!

[Rich Tolley]

What does the stack trace say? Sometimes there's some useful information there. Also, check the class of all the objects in the storyboard, make sure there are no references to classes that you've removed from the project.

[BooRanger]

You got the SIGBART because you deleted the app while it was still running in xcode. It's not a real problem. It sounds to me it that T0m_Twt is right just clean and run.

[user14322501]

I tried cleaning, deleting and clearing derived data to no avail. See my solution below.

[ameunier]

Thanks, wasted 2 hours on that, you probably saved me a couple others... I was also using localization.

[Rob Evans]

I had similar issue and was also using localisation. Deleted app in simulator and ran app again from XCode and all good now.

[swilliams]

This helped, thank you. Though there are better ways to debug than NSLog.

[Olivier de Jonge]

+1 Had the same los of time! First thought I did something wrong with the constraints. Found out you have to delete it on simulator too! If you create your storyboard by copy/pasting it from another layout it doesn't recognize the old app anymore to be replaced on your simulator or device and just launches it again with the old layout.

[GeekRiky]

thanks very much, I had the same problem with localization!

[Daniel Persson]

Clean... GAAAAAAAAH! Thx for this!